BORN HULL 1891. ONLY SON OF HARRY HARSLEY (1868-1943) & MARTHA THOMAS (1867-1948), OF 10 CALTON ROAD, DONCASTER. SON OF A JOINER. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. LIVED IN DONCASTER. WORKED AS A GAS FITTER.
HE MARRIED HELEN McKONE (1888-1980), AT DONCASTER, IN JULY 1914. HIS WIFE HELEN, LIVED AT 165 WHEATLEY LANE, DONCASTER (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT DONCASTER. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 9TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/07/1916, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING ON THE SOMME.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, HELEN.
First name:
CHARLES WILLIAM
Military Number:
17279
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
25
