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Person    | Male  Born 21/9/1890  Died 28/3/1965

Corporal Charles Train, VC

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Corporal Charles Train, VC

Charles William Train. Born 58 Chatterton Road, Finsbury Park. Served in the London Regiment.

On 8 December 1917 at Ein Kerem, near Jerusalem, in Ottoman controlled Palestine, when his company was unexpectedly engaged at close range by a party of the enemy with two machine-guns and brought to a standstill, Corporal Train on his own initiative rushed forward and engaged the enemy with rifle grenades and succeeded in putting some of the team out of action by a direct hit. He shot and wounded an officer and killed or wounded the remainder of the team. After this he went to the assistance of a comrade who was bombing the enemy from the front and killed one of them who was carrying the second machine-gun out of action.

Died Vancouver, British Columbia.

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