BORN HULL 1897. SON OF CHARLES MOUNTAIN (1868-1943) & ELIZABETH JOHNSON (1870-1949), OF 14 CARLTON GROVE, BRIDLINGTON (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 49 WESTBOURNE GROVE, HESSLE, HULL (HDM ADDRESS 22/10/1917). ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE 251ST ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/04/1917, AGED 21. BURIED AT HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY, WANCOURT, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. (KILLED AT SAME TIME AS GUNNER, FRANK SIMPKINS FROM 16 CURZON STREET, HULL)
CHARLES MOUNTAIN’S GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “EVER IN OUT THOUGHTS”
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, HAROLD MOUNTAIN, 44637, MACHINE GUN CORPS, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 08/10/1917, AGED 19 AND IS BURIED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY.
First name:
CHARLES
Military Number:
755358
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
21/04/1917
Place died:
HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY, WANCOURT, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
21
49 WESTBOURNE GROVE, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
