Rank: Captain
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Parents: Mr & Mrs Titjen
Address: South Villas, Wykeham Road, Hastings
Other Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 16th September 1916 reads: “Captain C. F. H Titjen, age 37, who died after an operation in a London Nursing Home on the 12th inst., was the eldest son of Mr & Mrs Titjen, South Villas, Wykeham Road, Hastings.
Educated at University School, Hastings, he was 20 years in the employ of the Capital and Counties Bank. He was a winner of many prizes for golf and tennis. He joined the Forces as 2nd Lieutenant in January 1915 , and was invalided home from the Dardanelles. He was promoted to Captain of a Manchester Regiment in March 1916. The funeral took place on Monday at the Borough Cemetery, Hastings”.
Carsten is remembered at Hastings Cemetery, Screen Wall. K. D. F1.
Published: September 1916
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