Brighouse, Charles Edwin

Charles Edwin Brighouse
Charles Edwin Brighouse

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF CHARLES DAVIDSON BRIGHOUSE (1863-1919) & SARAH JESSIE PIPER (1867-1927), OF HORNSEA. HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, GILBERT AND TWO SISTERS, DORIS AND MARJORIE. EMPLOYED AS A FARMER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 37-39 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED AT HORNSEA, ON 12/01/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 05/05/1916. SERVED WITH THE 21ST KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS, 15TH PLATOON, “D” COMPANY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/06/1916, AGED 23. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 195 DAYS.

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 29/06/1916.


First name:
CHARLES EDWIN
Military Number:
13010
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
22/06/1916
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
23
ST IVES HOUSE, HORNSEA BRIDGE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK