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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 235273 Charles Aubrey BAMFORD - 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Light Infantry


Killed in Action Thursday, November 29th, 1917 aged 31

Charles bamford   grave for CA Bamford 2

Military History
     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Dozinghem Military Cemetery 
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
After 1 Jan 1916 ~ Wellesbourne
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Local actions in Ypres October 1916 at Watford St. Saviours, Bernards Heath, St. Albans
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units      
Westvleteren Pte 400804 Essex Regiment  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Charles died of wounds on 29 Nov 1917 at one of the 3 (4th, 47th and 61st) Casualty Clearing Stations based near Westvleteren and Dozinghem Cemetery. On 7 Dec 1917 the Stratford Herald reported that both Charles and his brother Cecil were in hospital suffering from the effects of gas poisoning. We have not been able to discover the exact date that he was gassed and/or wounded.
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Bapitsm Date/Place
16 Apr 1886 at Wellesbourne 11 Jul 1886 at Wellesbourne St. Peter's
   
Parents Names Abode
Walter and Sarah Jane Bamford Kineton Road, Wellesbourne
   
Wife & Marriage Date/Place Children & Year of Birth
Nellie Bamford nee Howe Phyllis Bertha born 8 Aug 1915
Jul Qtr 1914 in St. Albans district Doris Nellie born 12 Feb 1917
   
Schools Colleges
Wellesbourne C of E School ~
   
Address History Employment History
1886 - Wellesbourne 1891 - Scholar
1891 - Kineton Road, Wellesbourne 1901 - Under gardener
1901 - Kineton Road, Wellesbourne 1911 - Gardener
1911 - Kineton Road, Wellesbourne  
1916 - Kineton Road, Wellesbourne  
1917 - 6 Bull Street, New Bilton  
  • Played for Wellesbourne FC.
  • Charles has three brothers, Ernest, Cecil and Herbert who all served and survived the war although Herbert died in 1921 aged 37.
  • Charles clearly had links to the St. Albans area as he is named on Bernard's Heath Roll of Honour and he married his wife Nellie there in 1914 - some two years before he enlisted in nearby Watford
  • Photograph courtesy of Dene Valley U3A

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