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Surname: ANDREWS
Forename(s): Charles
Place of Birth: Blackburn, Lancashire
Service No: 20596
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Devonshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 7th Division
Age: 40
Date of Death: 1917-04-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 4.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Charles Andrews (born 5 September 1876) was the son of John and Elizabeth Andrews, née Eastwood. Both parents were born at Preston, Lancashire.
1881 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 14, Radcliffe Street - Charles Andrews, aged 4 years, born Blackburn, son of John and Elizabeth Andrews.
1891 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 37, Maudsley Street - Charles Andrews, aged 14 years, born Blackburn, son of John and Elizabeth Andrews.
Charles was married to Sarah Ellen Dagg in 1896.
1901 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 24, Belgrave Street - Charles Andrews, aged 24 years, born Blackburn, husband of Sarah E. Andrews. [In 1901 Charles's parents were living at Barnoldswick.]
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 55, Manchester Road - Charles Andrews, aged 35 years, born Blackburn, Lancashire, husband of Sarah Ellen Andrews.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Charles Andrews, 20596, Devon R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Charles Andrews, 20596, 8th Devons. K. in A. 2.4.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Charles Andrews, 20596, 8 Batt Devon. Date and Place of Death: 2.4.17. In Action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Sarah E. £7 16s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Charles. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Sarah Ellen, born 6.9.1876. Address: 55, Manchester Road, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire. Child: Wilfred, born 18.1.10.
A short biography of Charles is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
ANDREWS, Charles, aged 40 years, Devonshire Regiment, 55, Manchester Road, [Barnoldswick], killed in action, France, April 2, 1917.
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Private Charles ANDREWS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Devonshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 7th Division
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20 April 1917
ANDREWS - April 2nd, 1917, killed in action in France, Pte. Charles Andrews, Devonshire Regiment, formerly of 55, Manchester Road, Barnoldswick, aged 40 years.
20 April 1917
IN THE GREAT PUSH - MORE BARNOLDSWICK MEN'S SACRIFICES
Pte. Charles Andrews, Devonshire Regiment, was killed in action in France on the 2nd inst. He was 40 years of age and leaves a wife and three children residing at 55, Manchester Road, Barnoldswick. Before enlisting he was a weaver at Aldersley's, Butts Mill. He had been out in France a year. In a letter to Mrs. Andrews announcing the sad event, Capt. G. D. Loch writes:- "He died a noble death, fighting to the last, and by his bravery set an example to all his comrades. Officers and men of this Company send you their most sincere sympathy in your great loss. Your husband, by his cheerfulness and devotion to duty, had thoroughly endeared himself to all ranks."
Pte. Andrews was a native of Blackburn and had resided in Barnoldswick 14 years.
05 April 1918
ANDREWS - In memory of Private Charles Andrews, late 8th Devons, who was killed in action on April 2nd, 1917, in France.
He nobly answered his country's call,
He gave his life for one and all,
But the unknown grave is the bitterest blow
None but an aching heart can know.
From his loving Wife and Family, 55, Manchester Road, Barnoldswick.
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20 April 1917
ANDREWS - April 2nd, killed in action in France, Pte. Charles Andrews, of the Devonshire Regiment, husband of Mrs. Andrews, of 55, Manchester Road, Barnoldswick aged 40 years.
20 April 1917
BARNOLDSWICK - KILLED IN THE GREAT PUSH
Pte. Charles Andrews, Devonshire Regiment, was killed in action in France on the 2nd inst. He was 40 years of age and leaves a wife and three children, residing at 55, Manchester Road, Barnoldswick. Before enlisting he was a weaver at Aldersley's, Butts Mill. He had been out in France a year. In a letter to Mrs. Andrews announcing the sad event, Capt. G.D. Loch writes:- "He died a noble death, fighting to the last, and by his bravery set an example to all his comrades. Officers and men of this Company send you their most sincere sympathy in your great loss. Your husband, by his cheerfulness and devotion to duty, had thoroughly endeared himself to all ranks."
Pte. Andrews was a native of Blackburn, and had resided in Barnoldswick 14 years.
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