Private
Lancashire Fusiliers | 27016 | 11th Battalion |
Photo courtesy Rosemary Hall
Biography
Charles was born at Crich in 1882. Before the war he was living at Healey in Yorkshire working for the Leeds Waterworks. He was killed, aged thirty-seven, on 27 March 1918 and is buried at the Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension in France. He is also remembered in the Wesleyan Chapel at Chapel Lane, Crich.
His mother, Lavinia, had a double-sided locket showing her sons Charles and Thomas who were both killed in the war.
Newspaper report
Derbyshire Courier, 6 April 1918
DIED OF WOUNDS
Pte. Charles Hartle, Crich
Medal Roll Index Cards
He was awarded the Victory and British War Medals.
Name | HARTLE, CHARLES |
Initials | C |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Rank | Private |
Regiment/Service | Lancashire Fusiliers |
Unit | 11th Bn |
Ages | 37 |
Date of Death | 27/03/18 |
Service No | 27016 |
Additional Information | Son of Elias and Lavinia Hartle, of Laburnum Cottage, Crich, Matlock. |
Casualty type | Commonwealth War Dead |
Grave/Memorial Reference | I. D. 28 |
Cemetery | ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION |
Soldiers' Effects Book
Charles Hartle; 11 Bn Lancs Fusiliers; Private 27016; died of wounds in France 27.3.18; War Gratuity £10 10s 0d ; paid out to:
28.8.18 mother Lavinia £12 0s 3d
24.11.19 mother Lavinia £10 10s 0d
Charles Hartle's brothers Thomas Hartle and Elias Hartle are also on the Roll of Honour.
1891: Hayes Lane, Crich
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elias W | Hartle | Head | 34 | General Labourer | Crich |
Lavinia | Hartle | wife | 36 | Bonsal | |
Thomas | Hartle | son | 11 | Scholar | Crich |
Charles | Hartle | son | 9 | Crich | |
Mary E | Hartle | daughter | 5 | Crich | |
Elias W | Hartle | son | 2 | Crich |
RG12 piece 2747 folio 8 page 10
1901: Corporation Huts, Langsett, Penistone
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charles | Hartle | Lodger | 19 | Stone quarryman | Crich |
RG13 piece 4330 folio 18 page 13
1911: Corporation Huts, Marsham Moor, Healey, Yorkshire
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie | Hartley | Boarder | 27 | Leeds Waterworks | Crich |
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