Hard Jacka - Charles Dare

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Dare DSO VD

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Dare DSO VD was an architect by training,
and only 26 years old when he commanded the 14th Battalion.

14th Battalion CO Lt. Col. Courtney (centre) and his adjutant Captain Charles Dare (right) visited the Sphinx and the Pyramids on 13 March, 1915. Courtesy of Jamie and Marg Hewson

Lt-Col. Charles Dare and Dorothy Violet Moss were married at Ismailia, Egypt, on 18 May, 1916. Courtesy of David Dare