BORN HULL 1893. SON OF HENRY & SARAH HARTLEY, OF 80 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL AND 17 DERWENT AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED BY RECKITTS & SONS, MORLEY STREET, STONEFERRY, HULL, WHERE HE STARTED WORKING WHEN 13 YEARS OLD.
HE SERVED AS SERGEANT IN THE 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 27/07/1918, AGED 25. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 21/08/1918. *
HE IS BURIED AT HARPONVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “EVER IN THOUGHT”.
First name:
CHARLES
Regiment:
Military Number:
238059
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
27/07/1918
Place died:
Harponville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
25
17, DERWENT AVENUE, GARDEN VILLAGE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
