BORN HULL 1897. KNOWN AS “CHARLEY” BRINHAM. SON OF ADA FRANCES JACKSON (1859-1934) & THE LATE WILLIAM HENRY BRINHAM (1863-1897), OF 13 ASHBOURNE GROVE, SPRING BANK WEST, HULL. HE HAS ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED WITH HIS BROTHER AT HULL’S IDEAL RADIATOR COMPANY. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 113 LBS WEIGHT, 33-35 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 30/10/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1731 EYR. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 22/03/1916. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. WOUNDED WIT SHELL CONCUSSION, ON 14/06/1917. KILLED IN ACTION ON 10/10/1917, AGED 21. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEARAND 347 DAYS.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS DEATH IS REPORTED IN THE HDM 10/10/1918 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS NAME IS ONE OF 46 EMPLOYEES LISTED ON HULL’S “IDEAL BOILERS AND RADIATOR WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR”, NATIONAL AVENUE, HULL.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, PRIVATE, WALTER HERBERT BRINHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, WAS KILLED AT ALBERT, ON THE SOMME, ON 01/08/1916, AGED 24 YEARS.
