BORN HULL 1878. MARRIED ON 01/04/1906. WIFE ELIZABETH JANE (NELSON) LIVED ABOVE ARMY ADDRESS AND 46 LORNE STREET, HULL. A FORMER SOLDIER AND POSTAL WORKER. ENLISTED IN HULL 0N 02/03/1900. JOINED THE 1ST ROYAL RIFLE BRIGADE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS IN WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, BLU EYES, BROWN HAIR, TATTOO OF A CROSS AND “IN MEMORY OF MOTHER” ON RIGHT FOREARM. WOUNDED AND DIED, AT YPRES, ON 13/05/1915, AGED 37. HE HAD SERVED FOR 15 YEARS AND 63 DAYS. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES ON 12/06/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
CHARLES
Military Number:
7645
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
13/05/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
37
1 NORMANBY TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
