COLE Charles James

  • First Name(s):
    Charles 
    James 
  • Surname:
    COLE
  • Service Number:
    242600
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    5th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    33
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, France, Grave I. A. 29.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and enlisted Pershore, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mr Moses Cole (deceased) and Mrs Louisa Maria Cole nee Collins, of Lower Moor, Pershore, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

COLE Charles James Is Named On These Memorials

Fladbury St John the Baptist Church
Fladbury War Memorial
Lower Moor St Thomas’s Church WW1 and WW2 Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Fladbury War Memorial as Charles COLE.
Fladbury St John the Baptist Church under Hill and Moor casualties with the information: 1917.

Further Information About COLE Charles James

The marriage of Moses Cole to Louisa Maria Collins is registered in the December Quarter 1869 under the Pershore Registration District.

1891 Census
Hill and Moor, Worcestershire
Moses Cole, head, age 44, GWR Platelayer, born Upper Moor, Worcestershire
Louisa Cole, wife, age 45, born Wyre Piddle, Worcestershire
Thomas Cole, son age 19, Agr Lab. born Moor, Worcestershire
Henry Cole, son age 17, Gardener, born Moor, Worcestershire
Walter Cole, son age 14, Agr Lab. born Moor, Worcestershire
William Cole, son age 11, Agr Lab. born Moor, Worcestershire
Charles Cole, son, age 6, Scholar, born Moor, Worcestershire
Arthur Cole, son 3, born Moor, Worcestershire
Harvey Cole, son 1, born Moor, Worcestershire

Two other siblings have left the family home, half-brother George Moses Cole born in 1868 and Joseph Cole born in 1870.

1901 Census
Pinvin, Worcestershire
Charles Cole, son, age 17, Cattleman on Farm, born Fladbury, Worcestershire

1911 Census
Lower Moor, Pershore
Louisa Cole, head, age 67, widow, born Wyre Piddle, Worcestershire
Charles Cole, son, age 26, GWR Platelayer, born Lower Moor, Worcestershire
Arthur Cole, son, age 24, County Council Roadman, born Lower Moor, Worcestershire
Harvey Cole, son, age 21, Railway Porter, born Lower Moor, Worcestershire

Great Western Railway Roll of Honour:
Charles Cole Packer, Engineering Department, Evesham. Age 18 Private 1st/8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, Died 05/04/1917.

Death reported in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1917/07/141. Photo in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1917/08/163.

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Credits: The marriage of Moses and Louisa, the 1891 census and the 1901 census researched and transcribed by Mark Chambers. 1911 Census and Great Western Railway Roll of Honour researched and transcribed by Sandra Taylor.