BORN RILEY, LINCS 1881. ADOPTED SON OF WILLIAM HENRY IRVING (1848-1885) AND HARRIET WILKINSON (1854-1929), OF 15 WESTMORLAND STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO GEORGE, LETICIA, MARGARET AND EDITH. MARRIED 27/12/1909, AT ST JOHNS CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL. HUSBAND OF EDITH SABINA WALKER, AND FATHER OF EDITH AND FRANCIS, AT THIS ADDRESS. A PAINT WORKS PACKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/12/1915, AGED 35. EX 34385 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 09/11/1917. TRANSFERRED TO THE YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/03/1918, AGED 37.
BURIED ROCLINCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN LOVING MEMORY, HIS COUNTRY CALLED, HE ANSWERED, WIFE & CHILDREN”
First name:
CHARLES RICHARD
Military Number:
45862
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/03/1918
Place died:
Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
37
19 FLORENCE AVENUE, SOMMERSCALES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
