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Rank : Private

Army Number : 7648

Unit : 2nd and 1st Bn

Biography :

Enlisted in Leicester. Son of Daniel & Rebecca Charles 12 Moira St Belgrave Leicester father Baker & Shopkeeper

Enlisted 13.1.1905 - 20.09.1906 - Home 1 year 220 days
India: 21.9.1906 - 31.3.1911 4 years 192 days
Home 31.4.1911 - 23.10.1914 3 years 206 days
Total 9 years 253 days.

Personal property returned to Mrs ABL Charles, 46 Cooper Street, Leicester 9.2.1915.

Medical History:

Leicester 13.2.1905 - 22.8.1905
Colchester 2.8.1905 - 21.9.1906
SS Dongola 21.9.1906 - 11.10.1906
Belgaum, India 13.10.1906 - 11.2.1911
Madras, India 11.2.1911 - 4.3.1911
RIM Hardinge 4.3.1911 - 9.3.1911
HT Glarses 9.3.1911

1911 census: 142 Willow Street, Leicester. - Rebecca Gray 50, Head; Harry Charles (son) 23 soldier; Beatrice Pope (Niece) 28 single; Eliza Singleton (visitor) 53 married; John Ledkin (border)26 single; Albert Hutchins (boarder) 56; Richard Hutchins (boarder) 21.

Married Annie Beatrice Louise Pope (spinster) 25.11.1911.

NOK: Mother Rebecca Grey, 259 Syston Street, Leicester; brother Arthur Charles, A. S. Corps.

Medal entitlement: British, Victory and 1914 Star

CWGC:

Rank: Private
Service No: 7648
Date of Death: 23.10.1914
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: VI. D. 24.
Cemetery: RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES

Additional Information: Son of the late Daniel and Rebecca Charles, of Leicester; husband of Annie Beatrice Louise Charles, of 8, Cross St, Leicester.

Date of Birth : 10.6.1888

Place of Birth : Belgrave, Leicester

Date of Death : 23.10.1914

Place of Death : Bois Grenier, France

Civil Occupation : Railway Porter

Period of Service : 1906 - 1909 and 1914

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : India 1906 & France