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CHARLES CASTLES

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Rank
Private
Regiment
ESSEX REGIMENT 15TH BATTALION
Military Number
36777
Address
45 KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL
Ieper HU9
Vlaanderen
Background

BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THOMAS CASTLES (1848-1903) & JANE ANN CASTLES (1848-1910), OF 2 CLARENDON AVENUE, BRIGHT STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS AN IRON MACHINIST AND LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER, JACK (1884-1959), A BRICKLAYER, AT 45 KENT STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS).

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/5TH ESSEX REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, IN PALESTINE, ON 02/11/1917, AGED 27.

HIS BROTHER JOHN WILLIAM (JACK) CASTLES ALSO SERVED IN FRANCE

Date Died
02/11/1917
Died
Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine, (including Gaza)
Age
27
Memorial
Jerusalem
Jerusalem District

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