No.201459, Private, Charles MINGAY
Aged 29
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Charles William Mingay was born in Stradishall (2nd qtr 1887 Risbridge 4a:655) son of George and Louisa MINGAY(née COOK)
1891 census...Aged 4, he was at The Street, Stradishall with his father George MINGAY [48] shepherd born Little Welnetham; his mother Louisa [37] born Wickhambrook; brother George [14] fsrm labourer born Whepstead; sisters Kate [9] born Hundon, Violet [6] born Stradishall and Nellie [2] born Cowlinge. 1901 census...Aged 14, farm labourer, he was at Moat Farm, Chevington with his parents (father now road labourer); brothers George (thrashing machine labourer) and Thomas John [4] born Stradishall; sisters Kate and Nellie. 1911 census...Aged 24, road labourer, he was still at Moat Farm with his parents and brother Thomas (farm labourer). His mother had lost 3 of her 11 children. On the pension card his parent were at Church Road, Chevington His brother Thomas John died of illness in 1919, having served in the South Staffordshire Regt. see here |
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He enlisted in Bury St.Edmunds
War Diary has :- The battalion took part in a general assault on the German position, their objective being the front and support trenches of the Hindenburg Line as far as the SENSEE RIVER, a distance of about 2,300 yard. C Coy supported by D wee to work down the front line on the night and A supported by B up the support line on the left. (list of officers taking part...). After artillery preparation the advance commenced at 4:45 am. A and B Coys worked up the support trench, meeting with a great deal of opposition of all sorts until reaching the second sunken road about 200 yard short of their objective at 6:30 am. Here they were met with grenatenwerfer, rifle and MG fire and held up. They maintained themselves there till 9:30 am when the enemy counter-attacked strongly and, being much in advance of the troops on both flanks, were compelled to withdraw to their original starting point or be cut off. C and D Coys advancing up the front line trench with the assistance of one tank also met with considerable opposition but reached the sunken road about 9:30 am and remained till 2pm when the counter-attack and the enemy in the trench behind made it necessary to quit the trench and retire over the open ground to the south, re-entering the trench in rear of their original barricade. They joined HQ at 5:30 pm During the night we were relieved by the 1st Cameronians and when moving back out of the trenches learnt that the enemy had retired and the ground seized by us the day before had been occupied. In the course of the action we captured about 650 unwounded prisoners, five machine guns and one trench mortar. Our casualties were:- 1 officer and 41 OR killed, 9 officers and 160 OR wounded, missing 104 OR.
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