No.14895, Private, Charles William CLEVELAND
Aged 21
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Charles William Cleveland was born in 1894 in Great Saxham (3rd qtr 1894 Thingoe 4a:731) son of Charles and Ellen CLEVELAND (née BUTTON)
1901 census...Aged 6, he was in Great Saxham with his father Charles CLEVELAND [33] railway porter born Benhall; his mother Ellen [35] born Benhall; brother Frank H [5] and sister Ellen [3]. The children all born in Great Saxham 1911 census...Aged 16, a shepherd's page, he was"Near the White Horse, Great Saxham with his parents (father now farm labourer) and sister Ellen Amelia On the pension card his mother was at Dean Farm, Hawkedon. |
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He enlisted in Bury St.Edmunds
He died of his wounds at No.21 Casualty Clearing Station, Corbie. The battalion were at Longueval-Delville Wood at the time
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