BORN HULL 1895. SON OF SAMUEL & ANNIE FAIRBURN, OF 3 MARINE PLACE, ENGLISH STREET, HULL (1911) & 6 PEELS TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL. SON OF A BLACKSMITH. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS. A FORMER FISH CLEANER AND FISH DOCK WORKER (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED WITH MR J PERRY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, SAMUEL. HIS BROTHER, ALFRED FAIRBURN ALSO WENT THROUGH THE DARDENELLES AND WAS POSTED TO FRANCE.
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2.
First name:
CHARLES
Regiment:
Military Number:
10560
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
20
6 PEEL'S TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
