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Surname: SISSON

Forename(s): Charles James

Place of Birth: Sedbergh, Yorkshire

Service No: 77509

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Durham Light Infantry

Battalion / Unit: 22nd (Service) Battalion. (3rd County Pioneers)

Division: 8th Division

Age: 18

Date of Death: 1918-05-27

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: SOISSONS MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Charles James Sisson was the son of James and Eliza Sisson, née Scott. James was born at Leasgill and Eliza at Kendal, Westmorland.

1901 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Weathercock, Marthwaite - Charles J. Sisson, aged 1 year, born Sedbergh, son of James and Eliza Sisson.

1911 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: Weathercock - Charles James Sisson, aged 11 years, born Sedbergh, son of James and Eliza Sisson.

The British Army Service Record for Charles James Sisson exists but may be incomplete.

A short biography of Charles is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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

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Private Charles James SISSON

Private Charles James SISSON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Durham Light Infantry

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Durham Light Infantry

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 8th Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 8th Division

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Surname: SISSON

Forename(s): Charles James

Born: Sedbergh, Yorks

Residence: Sedbergh

Enlisted: Keighley

Number: 77509

Rank: Private

Regiment: Durham Light Infantry

Battalion: 22nd Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 27/05/18

Died How: Died of wounds

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

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Surname: SISSON

Forename(s): Charles James

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 77509

Rank: Private

Regiment: Durham Light Infantry

Unit: 22nd Bn.

Age: 18

Awards:

Died Date: 27/05/1918

Additional Information: Son of Eliza Sisson, of "Monk's Rest", Cart Lane, Grange-over-Sands, Lancs., and the late James Sisson.

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'The Westmorland Gazette' (29 June 1918)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

SEDBERGH – DIED OF WOUNDS

SISSON, Pte. Charles James, of the 22nd Durham Light Infantry, died of wounds in France on the 27th May. Pte. Sisson, who was only 18, joined up in September, 1917. He served part of his apprenticeship with his father as a carpenter on the Ingmire estate, and later with Messrs. Gilkes and Co., Kendal.

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The Sedbergh men who gave their lives

The Sedbergh men who gave their lives

Right hand panel - Top row (l-r): Private Richard Winn, Private John Burton. Second row (l-r): Private John Nelson, Gunner Robert Matthew Fothergill. Third row (l-r): Private Robert Edward Seddon, A/Corporal Herbert Park. Fourth row (l-r): Gunner John Cyril Hindson, Private Charles James Sisson

Three-panel oil-painting, courtesy of the artist, David Hartnup

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