BORN HULL 1889. SON OF CHARLES BOSTON TODD (1862-1937) & CLARA GILLETT (1864-1960), OF 7, ASH GROVE, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL AND 346, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. SON OF A CIVIL ENGINEER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, KENNETH AND EMMETT TODD AND ONE SISTER, BEATRICE ELMA TODD. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HE WORKED AS A CIVIL ENGINEER (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, AS A GUNNER, 148584. COMMISSIONED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/06/1917, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS NAME IS ALSO LISTED ON THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT £326 IN HIS WILL, TO HIS MOTHER CLARA, AT 346 BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS).
First name:
CHARLES BERNARD
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
11/06/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
27
