Charles Lavender was born in 1889 in Nether Hallam, Sheffield Yorkshire, according to 1891 census. Charles who was 2 years old lived with his parents William and Eleanor Lavender, also with his sister Sarah J aged 11 years and his brothers Harry aged 9, William G aged 7, George aged 4 years. According to 1901 census, it states that Charles had been adopted by Thomas and Rose Newton. They lived in High Street, Mosbro.
In the 1911 Census Charles still lived with Thomas and Rose Newton, they lived at 3 Hill Side Mosbro, Charles then worked as a Miner Loader.
Charles enlisted in Sheffield into the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery “A” 53rd Bde. regiment as a Driver. His Service Number is 33192. Charles was killed in action in France and Flanders on 22 July 1916.
Location Informis a village about 8 kilometres east of the town of Albert. The Cemetery is a little east of the village on the north side of the road (D64) to Montauban.
Grave Registration Report Form.
Concentration of Graves form listed below:
Charles was awarded the three medals above, the 14/15 Star medal, the Victory medal and the British War medal. The index above confirms this.
MOSBRO SOLDIER KILLED.
A message received on Sunday last brings the sad news of the untimely end of another Mosbro lad Charles Lavender, who lived with Mr
Newton in Hill Side, Mosbro. He enlisted in the early days of the War in the R.F.A. In a letter to Mr Newton, his Captain says: “I am exceedingly sorry to have to inform you that Driver Lavender of the Battery under my command, was killed the other night by a shell when he was bringing up ammunition to the Battery. He was a very good hard working driver and died doing his duty”. He is regretted by the whole Battery”. He was 26 years of age.
Copyright to: https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk; https://www.cwgc.org; www.ancestry.co.uk, Linda Taylor (nee Staton) April 2018
