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NAME:                      Angell, Casanbon Thorold
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)  (formerly 2792 The Queens Regiment)
BATTALION ETC:             66th Company
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         53185
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 25th April 1917
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Basra Memorial, Iraq
OTHER INFORMATION:         Born about 1887 at South Kensington, London. Age 31.
                           He is listed on London electoral registers each year from 1911 to 1914 at 66B the Chase, Clapham.
                           Son of the late Arthur Torrington Angell and of Sophie Rose Angell of 416 North Main St., Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.A.
                           In 1891 family living at The Rookery, South Hayling before moving to 40 Tregunter Road, Kensington, London, by 1901 (Casanbon not listed on 1901 census).
                           In 1908 they moved to Wheaton, Illinois, but not Casanbon.
                           Enlisted: Croydon. Resided: Brixton.