Main CPGW Record
Surname: HOULDSWORTH
Forename(s): Charles Edward
Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire
Service No: 36160
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: York and Lancaster Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
Division: ---
Age: 29
Date of Death: 1917-02-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 523.
CWGC Cemetery: SILSDEN (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Charles Edward Houldsworth (born 8 January 1888), was the son of Henry and Ann Houldsworth, née Brass. Henry was born at Silsden and Ann at Richmond, Yorkshire.
1891 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 10, Chapel Street - Charles E. Holdsworth, aged 3 years, born Silsden, son of Henry and Ann Holdsworth.
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 12, Highfield Lane - Charles E. Holdsworth, aged 13 years, born Silsden, son of Henry and Ann Holdsworth.
Charles was married to Frances Crohen in 1916.
The British Army Service Record for Charles Edward Houldsworth exists but may be incomplete.
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:
HOULDSWORTH, Chas. Edward, aged 29, D.L.I., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Houldsworth, Chapel Street, [Silsden], and of 9, Rectory Row, Keighley, died Morton Banks, Keighley, Feb. 10, 1917.
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Private Charles Edward HOULDSWORTH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: York and Lancaster Regiment
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