Carl Miede

Private Carl Heinrich Franz Miede, who served as Carl Henry Francis Miede, was an English soldier of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born in 1892, in Chorlton, the son of German-born Carl Gottlieb Auguste and Mary Ann Miede, of London. Miede received his formative education in Manchester, at Ducie Avenue Higher Grade School and Manchester Municipal Secondary School. He went onto Manchester University, studying for a Bachelor of Science (Technology) in sanitary engineering. Following his graduation, he became a surveyor for the Town Planning Department of Manchester Corporation.Manchester University roll of service", 1922, archive.org. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
Miede enlisted on 18 August 1914, a few weeks after the outbreak of war with Germany. He joined the 20th (Service) Battalion (3rd Public Schools), The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), and went with it to the Western Front. Aged 24, Miede died on 20 July 1916, during the Somme Offensive.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Thiepval Memorial.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Miede, Carl Henry Francis, cwgc.org. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
Category:1892 births
Category:1916 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British Army
Category:British people of German descent
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Thiepval Memorial
Category:Privates