South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 12702 Charles DAY - 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Died of wounds on Sunday 9th January 1916 aged 43


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Gallipoli 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Alexandria (Chatby) Military & War Memorial Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
11 Dec 1915 at Cape Helles ~ Cubbington
    Knowle Soldiers Chapel
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Knowle War Memorial
Gallipoli Campaign After 10 January 1915  
    Other War Memorials
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
21 General Hospital, Alexandria ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Charles is listed as dying of wounds on Sunday 9th January 1916. Medical records show that he was admitted aboard HMHS Assaye on 4 Jan 1916 with gunshot wounds to the thigh and died 5 days later at 21 General Hospital, Alexandria. We cannot tell from the war diary exactly when he was wounded and where he was treated before being transferred to the Hospital Ship.

Charles had been taking part in the rearguard defense of the withdrawal from Cape Helles which brought the Gallipoli Campaign to an end.

The war diary states that the battalion occupied trenches at Cape Helles on 31 Dec 1915. The war diary (very brief) entries for the period 31 Dec 1915 to 4 Jan 1916 are transcribed below in full along with an extract from the book The Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment by C. L. Kingsford.



 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Apr Qtr 1872 at Knowle 4 Aug 1872 at Knowle, St. John
   
Parents Names Abode
John and Ann Day Knowle
   
Wife & Marriage Date/Place Children & Year of Birth
Emma Day nee Wheeler John born 1897  |  William born 1899
Oct Qtr 1896 in Solihul district  Dorothy Hilda born 19 Dec 1904 
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History
1872 - Knowle 1881 - Scholar
1881 - Common Road, Knowle 1891 - Under gardener
1891 - Temple Road, Knowle 1897 - Gardener
1897 - Knowle 1901 - Stoker at Gas works 
1901 - Kenilworth Road, Knowle 1911 - Builders Labourer
1911 - Queen Street, Cubbington   
1916 - Queen Street, Cubbington