Name
Charles Izzard (POSS Issard) Francis Vincent
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/10/1918
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Coldstream Guards
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CARNIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
II. A. 1.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Royal Masonic School Memorial, Rickmansworth
Pre War
Born on 18 Jul 1898 in Bradford, Yorkshire son of Charles Cooper and Ada Jane Vincent later of Haverhill, Suffolk. Educated at the Royal Masonic School 1908-16 (Head of School) and was offered a scholarship to Christ Church College, Oxford but chose to join the Army instead.
Wartime Service
He enlisted as 764047 Private, 28th London Regiment but was offered a cadetship and was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant Coldstream Guards on 29 May 1917 and entered France in Jan 1918. He survived fighting during the German Spring Offensive but was killed in action later.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Old Masonians Association
