BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ARTHUR JOSEPH & ADA RICHARDSON of 1 CLYDE TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). BEFORE ENLISTING HE WAS A CRANE DRIVER AT KINGSTON STREET, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HE JOINED THE ARMY IN 1912, TWO YEARS BEFORE THE WAR STARTED AND WAS SENT TO FRANCE ON 08/09/1914. HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 9807, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. HE WAS KILLED IN BELGIUM ON 20/10/1914, AGED 20, AND IS COMMEMORATED AT THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING.
HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 21ST OCTOBER 1914. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 15TH MARCH 1916. *
His name is listed on the Brighton Street Shrine, Hull (Hull Daily Mail 30 August 1916)
First name:
CHARLES HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
9807
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/10/1914
Place died:
PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM
Age:
20
1 CLYDE TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
