ORFORD Charles Thomas

  • First Name(s):
    Charles 
    Thomas 
  • Surname:
    ORFORD
  • Service Number:
    14240
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Coldstream Guards
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    18th October 1915
  • Age At Death:
    32
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Chocques Military Cemetery, France. Grave I. G. 70.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Henry and Sarah Orford, of Sidemoor, Bromsgrove,; husband of Louisa Orford, 7 Malthouse Lane, Washwood Heath, Birmingham

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

ORFORD Charles Thomas Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove All Saints Church WW1 Memorial
Bromsgrove St John the Baptist Church WW1 Memorial

Further Information About ORFORD Charles Thomas

Henry Orford married Sarah Booker in the December Quarter 1882 in the Bromsgrove Registration District.  Charles Thomas Orford married Louisa Perry in the June Quarter 1905 in the Bromsgrove Registration District.

The following information has been researched and transcribed by Sandra Taylor:
C.T. Orford, Private, Coldstream Guards was employed by the Midland Railway as a Labourer in the Carriage and Wagon Department at Bromsgrove Station.  These details are recorded in the company’s memorial book.

Source: In Remembrance of the Brave Men of the Midland Railway who Gave their Lives in the Great War 1914-1919.  Published by the company to coincide with the unveiling of the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby on Thursday 15th December 1921 at 11.45am.

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Credits: Researched by Chris and Angela Lucas.