BORN HULL 1893. SON OF THOMAS & HARRIET, OF 67 CRAVEN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WORKED WITH FATHER AT RECKITTS, AS A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER IN THE EAST RIDING, ROYAL ENGINEERS. WOUNDED ON 30/04/1916. HE DIED OF GAS WOUNDS, ON 09/05/1916, AGED 23. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL DISTRICT GARDENER MEMORIAL AT HULL MINSTER..
HE IS BURIED AT BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN”
First name:
CHARLES
Regiment:
Military Number:
409
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
09/05/1916
Place died:
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
23
