Private 17050 Charles BASEY

Private 17050 Charles BASEY - 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment

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Died on Sunday October 15th 1916 aged 26

Military History


Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Salonika	British War & Victory Medals	Salonika (Lembet Road) Cemetery

Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
20 Sep 1915 in the Balkans	~	Berkswell

Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other War Memorials
Died of Enterica	Oct 1914 at Birmingham	Bishops Castle

Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
Military Hospital, Thessaloniki	Pte 15103 Royal Berkshire

Charles died of Enterica (Typhoid) on 15th October 1916 at one of the eighteen General and Stationary hospitals that were based in Thessaloniki.

Personal & Family History

Birth Date/Place	Baptism Date/Place
Apr Qtr 1890 at Bishops Castle, Clun, Shropshire

Parents Names	Abode
John Ebon (deceased) and Martha Basey	65 Church Street, Bishop's Castle

Schools	Colleges
Bishops Castle Boys School 1894-1903	~

Address History	Employment History
1891 - Union Street, Bishops Castle	1901 - School
1901 - Church Street, Bishops Castle	1911 - Journeyman Baker
1911 - 65 Church Street, Bishop's Castle
1916 - 65 Church Street, Bishop's Castle

An article in the Wellington Journal on 23 May 1903 reported that Charles had been given a prize by his Headmaster for never missing
a single day or being late for school in the 9 years he was there, something the Headmaster thought must be a record in the UK.
At some stage after 1916 Charles's widowed mother Martha moved to Carlton, Handsworth Road, Coventry which is not far from Berkswell
In Oct Qtr 1921 Charles' sister Annie married Ernest John Cox of Berkswell in Clun