South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 9782 Charles Edward ENGLAND - 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Killed in Action Sunday, December 12th, 1915 aged 25


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals  
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
2 May 1915 ~ Ratley & Upton
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Date Other War Memorials
Local actions at Mailley-Maillet After 13 Dec 1914 at Stratford on Avon  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
Mailley-Maillet  ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

The 1st Battalion spend the period July 1915 to June 1916 in and out of the trenches near Mailley-Maillet and there were no set battles during this time but there was constant shelling and local actions.
 
The war diary shows that on the day Charles was killed (12 Dec 1915) the battalion were in the trenches at Ellis Square nr Mailley-Maillet, Sucrerie. Charles was the only man killed that day after he was hit by a shell landing in or near the trench he was in.

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Bapitsm Date/Place
Jul Qtr 1891 at Union Workhouse, Banbury 29 Jul 1891 at Banbury St. Mary
   
Parents Names Parents Abode
Sarah Ann Turner Broughton, Banbury
   
Wife & Marriage Date/Place Children & Year of Birth
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Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History                       
1891 - Union Workhouse, Banbury 1911 - Farm Labourer
1901 - Ratley (with mother & grandfather)  
1911 - Ratley (with uncle)