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I have just found the reference to Charles Harding's letter;
Correspondence U.PEN/7/122 June, 1919
These documents are held at Teesside Archives
Contents:
Letter from Private Harding of the King's Own Scottish Borderers to J.B. Pennyman.
[Harding had been in Pennyman's machine gun section in 1914].
It also appears he might have had a brother:
HARDING, ARTHUR WILLIAM
Charles' Brother
Initials:
A W
Nationality:
United Kingdom
Rank:
Private
Regiment/Service:
Middlesex Regiment
Unit Text:
Depot
Age:
19
Date of Death:
15/11/1918
Service No:
G/54603
Additional information:
Son of James and Elizabeth Emily Harding, of Bethnal Green, London.
Casualty Type:
Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:
XIII. A. 9A.
Cemetery:
BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
This is Charles details from the CWGC website:
HARDING, CHARLES JAMES
Initials:
C J
Nationality:
United Kingdom
Rank:
Private
Regiment/Service:
King's Own Scottish Borderers
Unit Text:
2nd Bn.
Age:
28
Date of Death:
23/03/1920
Service No:
10656
Additional information:
Order of St. George 4th Class (Russia). Son of James Harding, of 4, Sidney St., Bethnal Green, London, and the late Elizabeth Emily Harding. Wounded at Ypres, Nov., 1914.
Casualty Type:
Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:
S.P. 14504.
PADDINGTON CEMETERY
Country:
United Kingdom
Locality:
Middlesex
Charles' death details:
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about Charles J Harding
Name:
Charles J Harding
Death Registration Month/Year:
1920
Age at death (estimated):
28
Registration district:
Paddington
Inferred County:
London
Volume:
1a
Page:
26
Arthur's details:
UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
about Arthur William Harding
Name: Arthur William Harding
Birth Place: Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Residence: Whitehall
Death Date: 15 Nov 1918
Rank: Private
Regiment: Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Battalion: 23rd Battalion.
Number: G/54603
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Brough - Sic
You will find Charles' Medal Index Card on Ancestory
Hope this helps
jerry Murland