BORN HULL 27/02/1884. SON OF SAMUEL UNDERWOOD (1860-1892) & STEPSON OF ELIZABETH TAYLOR, OF GRIMSBY.
A LABOURER. HE LIVED IN GRIMSBY. HE MARRIED EVA RUSHBY, AT ST PAULS CHURCH, GRIMSBY, ON 25/10/1911. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, ELIZABETH AND EVA.
HE ENLISTED IN LINCOLN. SERVED WITH THE 1ST LINCOLN REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 25/08/1914. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT NO: 13 GENERAL HOSPITAL, BOULONGE, ON 04/11/1914, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EVA.
HE IS BURIED AT BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN”.
HE LEFT SISTERS, GEORGINA AND BEATRICE. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, SAMUEL ALFRED UNDERWOOD, 7522, 2ND LINCS. REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION. ON 11/04/1918, AGED 26.
First name:
CHARLES THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
6387
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/11/1914
Place died:
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
31
1 GOOSEMAN'S COTTAGES, REDHILL, GRIMSBY, NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
