Charles Victor Tanswell

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Charles Victor Tanswell was born in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, on 7 Feb 1892 and baptised there on 12 Mar 1893 the son of John Tanswell and Louisa Tanswell (nee Snook).  He lived all his early life in and around East Knoyle.  He had enlisted on the 11 Dec 1915 and joined the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) Regiment as a Private (Service No. 22739).   He served in France and Flanders where he received gun shot wounds to the left arm.  He was adjudged to be no longer physically fit to continue in service and discharged on 3 May 1917 and awarded the Silver War Badge No. 173796 as well as the Victory and British War Medals.  In addition he was granted a life pension.  He married Alice Beckett at the Hindon Parish Church, Wiltshire, on 7 Dec 1920. The 1921 Census he was living in Victoria Terrace, Hindon, Wiltshire, working as a painter on his own account  By the time of the 1939 Register he had moved to the High Street, Hindon, Wiltshire, still working as a Painter and Decorator.   His death was recorded on 30 Mar 1968 at the same address.   Of his brothers, Robert Stanley Tanswell was killed in action whilst Oliver David Tanswell and Henry Harold Tanswell both served and survived the conflict.