CHANCE Charles

  • First Name(s):
    Charles 
  • Surname:
    CHANCE
  • Service Number:
    240340
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    8th Battalion
  • Unit:
    1st/8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd August 1917
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, Panel 75 to 77.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and enlisted Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Brother of Mrs E. Adams, of Hill Top, Rock Hill, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

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CHANCE Charles Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove St John the Baptist Church WW1 Memorial

Further Information About CHANCE Charles

1891 Census
Charford
George Chance, head, age 56, head, general labourer, born Droitwich, Worcestershire
Catherine E. Chance, wife, age 31, born Dudley, Worcestershire
Catherine E. Chance, daughter, age 5, born Dodderhill, Worcestershire
Thomas Chance, son, age 3, born Droitwich, Worcestershire
Louise Chance, daughter, age 5 months, born Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

1901 Census
Hill Top, Bromsgrove
George Chance, head, age 45, Salt labourer, born Ombersley, Worcestershire
Elizabeth Chance, daughter, age 15, born Dodderhill, Worcestershire
Thomas Chance, son, age 13, born Droitwich, Worcestershire
Charles Chance, age 5, born Worcester, Worcestershire

1911 Census
Hill Top, Bromsgrove
George Chance, head, age 65, widower, under gardener, born Ombersley, Worcestershire
Charlie Chance, age 15, born Watercress Alley, Worcester

A photograph of Private C. Chance, can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 6th October 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Charles Chance has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Tyne Cot Memorial.

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