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Surname: FORT

Forename(s): Charles

Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire

Service No: 19054

Rank: L/Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: Coldstream Guards

Battalion / Unit: 3rd Battalion

Division: 31st Division

Age: 24

Date of Death: 1918-04-13

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 1.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Charles Fort (born 27 August 1893) was the son of Charles and Harriet Priscilla Fort, née Carter. Charles, senior, was born at Silsden and Harriet at Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk.

1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 36, Aireview - Charles Fort, aged 7 years, born Silsden, son of Priscilla Fort, widow.

1911 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 6, Clog Bridge - Charlie Fort, aged 17 years, born Silsden. [Charles and his brother, William, were living with their aunt, Phoebe Carter, a single woman.]

Charles was married to Margaret A. Munro in 1914.

Charles's mother married Robert Stopforth in 1907. Robert who served with the 8th (Service) Bn King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), was killed in action, 12 May 1917. Robert and his stepson, Charles, are both commemorated on the Clitheroe War Memorial.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Charles Fort, 19054, Coldstream Guards.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Coldstream Guards

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Coldstream Guards

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division

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Soldiers Died Data for Soldier Records

Surname: FORT

Forename(s): Charles

Born: Silsden, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Clitheroe

Number: 19054

Rank: L/Cpl

Regiment: Coldstream Guards

Battalion:

Decorations:

Died Date: 13/04/18

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: FORT

Forename(s): Charles

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 19054

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: Coldstream Guards

Unit: 3rd Bn.

Age: 24

Awards:

Died Date: 13/04/1918

Additional Information: Son of Charles and Harriet Priscilla Fort; husband of Margaret A. Fort, of 13, Eshton Terrace, Clitheroe, Lancs.

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‘Clitheroe Advertiser’ (27 September 1918)

(Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman of Clitheroe and Dorothy Falshaw of Gisburn)

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We regret to report that Corporal C. Fort, 3rd Grenadier Guards, who has been missing since 13th April last, is officially reported to have fallen in action. The melancholy news was received by his wife, who resides with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Stopforth, in Eshton-terrace. The event is doubly sad, as Mrs. Stopforth only received the ill tidings of her husband’s death in France in March last. Pte. Stopforth was a well-known local artist, and had been associated with the Salvation Army and the Moor Lane U.M.C. Corporal Fort was employed at the Barrow Printworks, and was also connected with the Moor Lane Church, and was a teacher in the school. Their numerous friends will join with us in an expression of regret.

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