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CHARLES EDWARD BUSBY
Kingston upon Hull HU8 7SJ
BORN HULL 1900. FOURTH SON ERZA WILLIAM & LOUISA BUSBY, OF 6, EMPRINGHAM STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS); 13, AMY'S TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS); 1, KINGSTON VILLAS, ESTCOURT STREET, HULL AND 1, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER WORKING FOR THE RAILWAT COMPANY. HE WAS THE FOURTH OF SIX SONS. BROTHER OF ERZA WILLIAM, GEORGE, SAMUEL, FRANK AND HERBERT EDWARD. HIS MARRIED SISTER WAS LOUISA ELIZABETH BROWN.
HE WORKED AS A SMITH'S STRIKER
HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, 03/12/1917, AGED 17 YEARS AND 270 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 36.5 INCH CHEST, 119 LBS WEIGHT, BLUE EYES, FAIR HAIR, CATEGORY "A".
POSTED TO THE 51ST GRADUATE TRAINING BATTALION, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/08/1918.
TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND/5TH DUKE OF WELLINGTONS WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, THE FOLLOWING MONTH, ON 12/09/1918, AGED 18. HE HAD BEEN IN THE ARMY FOR 284 DAYS.
HE IS BURIED AT HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 24/09/19 18.
HIS BROTHER ERZA WILLIAM BUSBY, 10/922, SERVED IN THE 10TH EYR.
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