Child, Charles Henry

BORN HULL 1897. ADOPTED SON OF CHARLES HENRY COOK (1869-1939) & ROSE ADA COOK OF 2, HATTERS SQUARE, QUEEN STREET, HULL.(1911 CENSUS). HIS STEP FATHER WAS A LABOURER. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN LINCOLN. HE WAS THE ELDEST CHILD AND HAD FIVE HALF SIBLINGS. – THREE YOUNGER SISTERS AND TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS.

HE SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. AWARDED THE BRITISH WAR MEDAL AND VICTORY MEDAL.

HE MARRIED ETHEL M. EASTWOOD, AT HULL IN 1919, THEY LIVED AT 10, HIGSON COURT, BLANKET ROW, HULL. SHE WAS REFUSED A WA PENSION AS SHE WAS NOT MARRIED WHILE HE WAS A SOLDIER.

HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 27/01/1921, AGED 23. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. NO CWGC RECORD.


First name:
CHARLES HENRY
Military Number:
32890
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/01/1921
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
23
2, HATTERS SQUARE, QUEEN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom