BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN & ALICE ABOVE ADDRESS AND 117 REGENT STREET , HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 4 PRETORIA AVENUE, SEYMOUR STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF AN OIL MILLER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 82523, 90TH TRAINING BATTALION. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/03/1918, AGED 20. BURIED IN FRANCE. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN.
HIS BROTHERS, ARTHUR, ROY & VICTOR ALSO SERVED AT THIS SAME ADDRESS (1918 MILITARY VOTERS). HIS BROTHER, DRIVER, ARTHUR CRAWFORD, 755942, ROYAL FIELD ARTILERY, DIED IN ALEXANDRIA, ON 28/02/1919, AGED 25. THEIR FATHER HAD LOST TWO SONS IN A YEAR.
First name:
CHARLES
Military Number:
50526
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/03/1918
Place died:
Gommecourt British Cemetery No.2, Hebuterne, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
