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Charles MacGillicuddy CHRISTIE

Charles MacGillicuddy CHRISTIE Original Photo
OC Number

530

Born

02/02/1884

Rank at Death

Private

Date of Death

18/08/1917

Age at Death

33

Unit Serving With

69th Field Ambulance Brigade

Inscription
C. M. CHRISTIE
PRIVATE, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
BORN 2ND FEBRUARY 1884 – DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION 18TH AUGUST 1917.

Pen Portrait

He was the son of the Reverend William James Christie of Ardstraw, Newtownstewart. Charles attended CCB in 1900.

Charles came from a large family, having two brothers and two sisters, one of which is recorded to have died in Zululand in December 1916.

The CWGC record shows the following inscription on his grave: "WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST ROM. R. 35." Charles is buried at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3 Belgium.

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