BORN BRENT KNOLL, SOMERSET, 1881. SON OF WILLIAM AND CAROLINE SKERSTON, OF THE GRANGE, CHURCH LANE, SOMERSET. ATTACHED TO THE KING’S AFRICAN RIFLES. HE DIED AT WYNBERG, SOUTH AFRICA, ON 27/05/1919, AGED 37. HIS HOME ADDRESS WAS THE HALL, BEVERLEY. IN 1901 AND 1911 HE WORKED AS A BUTLER FOR ADMIRAL CHARLES FRANCIS WALKER, OF THE HILL, BEVERLEY.
HE LEFT £402 IN HIS WILL TO HIS MOTHER, CAROLINE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE BEVERLEY WAR MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS.
BURIED AT CAPE TOWN (PLUMSTEAD) CEMETERY, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
First name:
CHARLES THOMAS
Military Number:
241695
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
27/05/1919
Place died:
CAPE TOWN (PLUMSTEAD) CEMETERY, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
Age:
37
THE HILL, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
