BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ALFRED & SARAH ANN FLOWERS AT 21 SARAH ANN’S TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER NEWS BOY (1911 CESNSUS). HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE WILSON SHIPPING LINE, IN THE JOINERY DEPARTMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND HAD BEEN IN FRANCE SINCE OCTOBER 1914. WOUNDED IN ACTION, ON 21/07/1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT ROUEN HOSPITAL, ON 22/08/1916, AGED 21.
HE IS BURIED AT ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, SEINE-MARITIME, FRANCE AND LISTED ON THE LOCAL STREET MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HDM, ON 28/08/1916 AND 09/09/1916
First name:
CHARLES
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6094
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
22/08/1916
Place died:
ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, SEINE-MARITIME, FRANCE
Age:
21
21 SARAH ANN'S TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
