33413, Private, Charles E. FRIEDLANDER
Aged 25
5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment
(formerly 48046 Yorkshire Regiment)
Died of his Wounds on Thursday 9th October 1920
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Born in Q2-1895 in Victoria Park [Poplar 1c:581] to David and Susan FRIEDLANDER (née SANSOM) of 27 Warley Street, Bethnal Green,
London.
1901 census...Charles [6] was at 27 Warley Street, Bethnal Green with his father David [33] a barman; his mother Susan [31] a cigar maker; and brothers William [7] and Herbert [6]. The whole family were born in Bethnal Green. 1911 census...Charles [16] an apprentice jockey, was at 27 Warley Street with his parents, father now a labourer, and brothers William, a van guard, and Herbert. Also new brother Leonard [3] and sisters Maud[9]; Ada [6]; Rose [5]; Ellen [8 months]. All the children were Bethnal Green born. Strangely Charles is also declared on the census at Martin Gurry's stable, Abington Place, Bury Road, Newmarket. There is no way of knowing which was correct. The pension card has his dependant as his mother at 2 Prospect Terrace, Green Street, Bethnal Green.
One of his workmates at Martin Gurry's stable was Charlie Alderson . |
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The Newmarket Journal states that he was discharged from the Armed Forces but died later of his wounds. His death certificate gives leg wounds and pulmonary tuberculosis as the
cause of death. His discharge papers from the Army are found on line and are summarised below: He had enlisted in the Yorkshire Regiment (No. 48046) at Stratford, London on 5th June 1917. He was 22 years old, stood 5' 1/2" (154.3 cm)tall, weighed 103 lbs (46.9 kg) and had a chest of 30.5" to 34" (77 to 86.4 cm). He is recorded as "very slightly bow legged". His mother's address was given as 20 Usk Street, Bethnal Green. 11 June 1917 he was posted to the 6th Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, then on 10 July 1917 was transferred to the 55th Remount Squadron at South Camp, Ripon. Then transferred again to the 3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment on 20 July 1917. Joining the BEF in France at Etaples, 7 Infantry base depot on 7 April 1918 he then joined the 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, then the 4th battalion on 20th July. He was compulsorily transferred to the 5th Battalion, West Riding Regiment with a new number of 33413 on 6th August 1918. On 25th August he was wounded by shrapnel in his left leg and transferred to England. Now set for 218 days in hospital, he was 1st in Sycamore Road, Nottingham then moved to Albert Hall Hospital, Nottingham. He was moved from there on 21st December 1918 to (illegible writing) contracting eczema as well, until 1st April 1919 when he went to St James Hospital, Liverpool until 26th May 1919. Then it appears he did the rounds of discharge medicals. His misconduct sheet was completely blank, and one discharge medical board reported he might recover after 6 months. Discharged eventually on 26th June 1919 he gave his home address as 2 Prospect Terrace, Green Street, Bethnal Green. He obviously found it difficult to stay away from Newmarket since he eventually moved to South View Terrace, Exning Road,Newmarket, before being admitted to the sanitorium at Rougham Road, Bury St Edmunds with TB. It was there that he died. After all this the Army managed to lose him and he was not included on the records of the CWGC. Thanks to assistance from "In from the Cold", Charles was eventually accepted for entry in the Book of Remembrance on 4th November 2011 and his grave is now marked with the CWGC Headstone. |
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