See also

William Charles English (1893-1915)

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William Charles English

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

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  • riveters boy2

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1893

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England1,2,3

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 7)

  • 21 Bright Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son as Willie living with his parents Charles and Annie, sisters Lily and Gertrude, and brother Bertie. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 17)

  • 31 Bulstrode Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a riveters boy and living in six rooms with his parents Charles and Annie, sisters Lily, Gertrude and Daisy, and brothers Bertie, Ernest, Frederick and John. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 8 May 1915 (age 21)

  • Flanders, Belgium4

  • War Memorial:

  •  

  • Menin Gate, Menenstraat, Ieper (Ypres), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium4

  •  

  • private 12993 of 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment died 8th May 1915 aged 21, son of Charles and Annie English of 31 Bulstrode Road Ipswich

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1893 quarter:3 volume:4a page:858. Cit. Date: 20 November 2023.

2.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10816 class:RG78 piece:584 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:18 schedule:267. Cit. Date: 20 November 2023.

3.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1775 folio:90 page:29 schedule:179. Cit. Date: 20 November 2023.

4.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Menin Gate Ypres, panel 21. Cit. Date: 25 November 2023.