BORN RILEY, LINCS 1881. ADOPTED SON OF WILLIAM HENRY IRVING (1848-1885) AND HARRIET WILKINSON (1854-1929), OF 15 WESTMORLAND STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO GEORGE, LETICIA, MARGARET AND EDITH.
HE MARRIED ON 27/12/1909, AT ST JOHNS CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL. HUSBAND OF EDITH SABINA WALKER, AND FATHER OF EDITH AND FRANCIS, AT 19, FLORENCE AVENUE, SOMMERSCALES STREET, HULL. A PAINT WORKS PACKER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/12/1915, AGED 35. EX 34385 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 09/11/1917. TRANSFERRED TO THE YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/03/1918, AGED 37.
BURIED ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN LOVING MEMORY, HIS COUNTRY CALLED, HE ANSWERED, WIFE & CHILDREN”.
| Name | Charles Richard Ellis |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Riley, Lincolnshire, 1881 |
| Death Date | 2 Mar 1918 |
| Death Place | Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | York and Lancaster Regiment |
| Battalion | 2 4th (Hallamshire) (T.F.) Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 45862 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 38485, East Yorkshire Regiment. |
First name:
CHARLES RICHARD
Military Number:
45862
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/03/1918
Place died:
Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
37
19, FLORENCE AVENUE, SOMMERSCALES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
