About Charles Yaldren
Lived 1891 – 1916 (aged 24). Charles Yaldren was a British cricketer.
Charles Henry Yaldren (8 December 1891 – 23 October 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and soldier.
The son of Charles Henry Yaldren senior, he was born at Southampton in December 1891. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Cambridge University at Southampton in 1912. Described as a "useful bowler and tail-end bat", he was run out for 8 runs in his only first-class innings, while with his bowling he took one wicket in the match, that of Geoffrey Hopley. Yaldren served in the First World War as a private in the 1st Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment. He was killed in action at Thiepval on 23 October 1916, during the First Battle of the Somme.
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Who was Charles Yaldren?
English cricketer (1891-1916)
When was Charles Yaldren born?
Charles Yaldren was born on 8 December 1891 in Southampton.
When did Charles Yaldren die?
Charles Yaldren died on 23 October 1916 in Thiepval.
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Charles Yaldren was a cricketer.
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Charles Yaldren was British.
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