BORN HULL 1895. SON OF HANNAH MARY COOPER (1865-1949) & JOHN CHARLES PADGET (1859-1913), OF 31 BROOK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HIS FATHER MANAGED A LODGING HOUSE. ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A GROCER BOY. HE ENLISTED HULL IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13/368, “D” COMPANY, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE DIED OF PHTHISIS, ON 23/08/1921, AGED 26.
BURIED HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THE LORD GIVETH & THE LORD TAKETH AWAY”.
HIS BROTHER, PTE. HERBERT PADGET, 4TH EYR, SERVED FROM SAME ADDRESS AND SURVIVED THE WAR. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, WALTER DIED IN HULL IN 1925, AGED 24.
First name:
CHARLES
Military Number:
13/368
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/08/1921
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
26
