Yvo Alan Charteris

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About Yvo Alan Charteris

2nd Lt. The Hon. Yvo Alan Charteris, Grenadier Guards, attd. 1st Bn (Special Reserve). Son of the 11th Earl of Wemyss and Countess of Wemyss. Killed on October 17, 1915 during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt. His eldest brother Capt. Hugo Francis Charteris, Gloucestershire Hussars was also killed in the Great War in April of 1916

CHARTERIS, Lord HUGO FRANCIS

  • Rank: Captain
  • Date of Death: 23/04/1916
  • Age:32 Regiment/Service: Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
  • Panel Reference: Panel 3.
  • Memorial:J ERUSALEM MEMORIAL
  • Additional Information: Son of the 11th Earl and Countess of Wemyss, of Gosford, Aberlady, Edinburgh; husband of Lady Elcho (nee Lady Violet Catherine Manners (now Lady Violet Benson), of 32, Montagu Square, London, W. His brother, Yvo Alan Charteris also fell.

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Yvo Alan Charteris's Timeline

1896
October 6, 1896
Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland UK
1915
October 17, 1915
Age 19
Northern Europe