Lance Corporal Charles Bosworth, 60621

  • Batt - 8
  • Unit - Royal Fusiliers
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth - 1887
  • Died - 19/07/1917
  • Age - 30

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of James and Charlotte Bosworth, and the husband of Elizabeth Annie. The 1901 census records, James Bosworth, head of the family, Carpenter and Joiner, born 1855 in Desborough, Northamptonshire, and his wife Charlotte, born 1856 in Desborough, Northamptonshire. The children were Nellie, a Corset Factory Sorter, born 1884, Thomas, a Clothier's Errand Boy, born 1886, Charles, a Grocer's Errand Boy, born 1887, Harry, born 1889, Archer, born 1891, Arthur, born 1893, Mary Ann, born 1895, all these children were born in Desborough, Northamptonshire, John, born 1898 in Great Bowden, Leicestershire. The family were residing at 12, Goward Street, Great Bowden, Leicestershire. The 1911 census records, Charles Bosworth, married 1 year and head of the family, a Co-op Assistant, born 1887 in Desborough, Northamptonshire, and his wife Elizabeth Annie, born 1885 in Great Bowden, Leicestershire. The family were residing at Sibbertoft Road, Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire. His younger brother Archer Gladstone also fell.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Royal Fusiliers
  • Former Unit n.o - 12165
  • Former Unit - Royal Sussex Regiment
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Burial Commemoration - Monchy British Cem., Monchy-le-preux, France
  • Born - Desborough, Northants
  • Enlisted - Eastbourne, Sussex
  • Place of Residence - Eastbourne, Sussex, England
  • Memorial - SS. PETER AND PAUL'S CHURCH, GREAT BOWDEN, LEICS
  • Memorial - COTTAGE HOSPITAL WAR MEM., MARKET HARBOROUGH, LEICS
  • Memorial - MARKET HARBOROUGH MEM., LEICS
  • Memorial - CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH MEM., GREAT BOWDEN, LEICS

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