Smedley, Charles Edward

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WALTER SMEDLEY (1854-1934) & SARAH ANN JORDAN (1860-1938), OF 8, HAROLD TERRACE, SOUTH PARADE, HULL AND 5, FIRST AVENUE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND SEVEN SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A ROPE WORKER.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL AND ON HULL’S WALKER STREET MEMORIAL.

HIS OLDER BROTHER, WILLIAM SMEDLEY, SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, AND LIVED AT 21, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL.

Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915


First name:
CHARLES EDWARD
Military Number:
10650
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
19
5, FIRST AVENUE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK