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Surname: HEMMINGWAY
Forename(s): Charles Henry
Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire
Service No: 50337
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Garrison Battalion
Division: division unknown
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1917-07-15
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XV. E. 1.
CWGC Cemetery: BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Charles Henry Hemmingway (born 8 May 1887) was the son of George and Elizabeth Hemmingway, née Boulton. George was born at Leeds, Yorkshire and Elizabeth at Butt Lane near Talk o' th' Hill (Talke), Staffordshire. No marriage has been found for George and Elizabeth.
Silsden St James Baptisms: Charles Henry Hemingway, born 8 May 1887, baptised, 13 July 1887, the son of George and Elizabeth Hemingway.
1891 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 4, Nicholson Place - Charles H. Hemmingway, aged 3 years, born Silsden, son of Elizabeth Hemmingway, single woman. [James Fortune was a boarder at this address: see 1901 census below.]
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 8, Chapel Street - Charles H. Hemmingway, aged 13 years, born Silsden. [Charles and his mother, Elizabeth Bolton (sic), single woman, were boarding with James Fortune. Elizabeth is described as a house keeper. James and Elizabeth (Hemmingway) were married in 1918.]
1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 1, Chapel Lane - Charles Henry Hemmingway, aged 23 years, born Silsden. [Charles was boarding with Martha Lambert as was the future Private John Gill (18/836 ) (q.v.).]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Charles H. Hemmingway, 21350, E. York. R.; 50337, North'd Fus. Died.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Charles Henry Hemmingway, 50337, 2 G. B. North'd Fus. Date and Place of Death: 15.7.17. Bagdad [sic]. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and sole legatee - Elizabeth. £18 6s. 0d.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Charles Henry Hemmingway, 50337, 2 G. B. North'd Fus. Date and Place of Death: 15.7.17. Bagdad [sic]. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and sole legatee - Elizabeth. £18 6s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Charles.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HEMINGWAY, Charles Henry, aged 30, N.F., 6, Kirkgate, [Silsden], died Mesopotamia July 18, 1917.
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Private Charles Henry HEMMINGWAY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers
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27 July 1917
HEMMINGWAY – Died in hospital in Baghdad, Mesopotamia, Private Charles Hemmingway, Northumberland Fusiliers, son of Mrs. Hemmingway, 6 Kirkgate, Silsden, aged 30 years.
27 July 1917
SILSDEN SOLDIER DIES IN BAGHDAD HOSPITAL
News was received on Monday morning last that Pte. Charles Henry Hemmingway of the Northumberland Fusiliers, son of Mrs. Hemmingway, 6 Kirkgate, Silsden, had died from bronchitis in hospital at Baghdad, Mesopotamia. Pte. Hemmingway, who was 30 years of age, enlisted in the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment in August 1914, but when his regiment went out to France he was taken ill and had to remain in hospital. On his recovery he was transferred to the East Yorks. Regiment and was sent to India. There he contracted malarial fever, and later volunteered to join the Northumberland Fusiliers, with which regiment he went out to Mesopotamia. He was formerly employed as a carter by Mr. Arthur Jackson of Steeton.
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27 July 1917
HEMMINGWAY– Died in hospital in Mesopotamia, July 18th, 1917, Pte. Chas. Henry Hemingway, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, son of Mrs. Hemingway, of 6, Kirkgate. Silsden, aged 30 years.
27 July 1917
SILSDEN SOLDIER’S DEATH IN MESOPOTAMIA
News was received on Monday morning last that Private Charles Henry Hemmingway, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, son of Mrs. Hemmingway, of 6, Kirkgate, Silsden, had died from bronchitis in hospital at Bagdad, Mesopotamia. Private Hemmingway, who was 30 years of age, enlisted in the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment in August, 1914, but when his regiment went out to France he was taken ill and had to remain in hospital. On his recovery he was transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment and was sent to India. There he contracted malarial fever and later volunteered to join the Northumberland Fusiliers, with which regiment he went out to Mesopotamia. He was formerly employed as a carter by Mr. Arthur Jackson, of Steeton.
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