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Surname: SEWELL
Forename(s): Charles Oswald
Place of Birth: Heckmondwike, Yorkshire
Service No: Z/74
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment / Corps / Service: Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)
Battalion / Unit: 'A' Coy 3rd Battalion
Division: 24th Division
Age: 36
Date of Death: 1915-03-17
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VIII. A. 20.
CWGC Cemetery: RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D’ARMENTIERES
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GARGRAVE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Charles Oswald Sewell was the son of George Walter and Emma Sewell, née Siswick. George was born at Bramley and Emma at Holmfirth, Yorkshire.
1881 Heckmondwike, Yorkshire Census: Boundary Street - Charles Oswald Sewill, aged 5 months, born Heckmondwike, son of George Walter and Emma Sewill.
1891 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: 2, River Place - Charles O. Sewell, aged 10 years, born Heckmondwike, son of George W. and Emma Sewell.
1901 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: 2, River Place - Charles O. Sewell, aged 20 years, born Heckmondwike, son of George W. and Emma Sewell.
Charles was married to Annie Thistlethwaite in 1907.
1911 West Witton, Yorkshire Census: Grasgil Street - Charles Oswald Sewell, aged 31 years, born Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, husband of Annie Sewell.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Charles O. Sewell, Z74, Rifle Brigade. Theatre of War: (1) France. Qualifying date [for 1914-15 Star]: 9 February 1915.
The entry for Charles Oswald Sewell is duplicated in the CPGW book on the same page.
Charles is commemorated on the Spennithorne War Memorial.
Short biographies of Charles are included in:
‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).
‘From Mills to Marching and Back Again – A History of Gargrave from 1900 to 1925’ by Sue Lyall and Donavon Slaven with contributions from George Ingle, Ray Jones and Martin Thompson (2019).
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:
SEWELL, 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade, Fordale Cottages, Helwith Bridge, killed in action May 28, 1915.
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Rifleman Charles Oswald SEWELL
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 24th Division
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Marriage Register of St Peter’s Church, Addingham, Yorkshire
Entry for the marriage of Charles Oswald Sewell and Annie Thistlethwaite, 6 July 1907
Courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service
Spennithorne War Memorial
Spennithorne War Memorial - detail
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23 April 1915
SEWELL – Killed in the trenches some time in March 1915, Rifleman Sewell of Fourdale Cottages, Helwith Bridge, near Settle, connected with A Company of the 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade, with the Expeditionary Force.
23 April 1915
A HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE HERO
Mrs. Annie Sewell, of Fourdale Cottages, Helwith Bridge, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, writes informing us of the death of her husband, Pte. Sewell, of ‘A’ Company, 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade, with the Expeditionary Force, whom she was expecting home in May. In a letter received from Corp. W. J. Gayton, of the same Company, and dated March 28th, it appears that Pte. Sewell was shot while doing duty in the trenches. The communication adds:–
“His death is greatly regretted by his comrades. Having command of the section in which he served, I can say that he was one of the best men in it, quiet, hard-working, shirking nothing. Whatever duty was entrusted to him was faithfully carried out, and although an enemy bullet cut short his career, he died as a soldier should, in the execution of his duty. Not only the section and myself, but all the N.C.O.s and men who knew him join in forwarding their condolences in the bereavement that has unfortunately fallen on you and family.”
The widow of the deceased soldier has four children-ranging from one to six years old, and the heartfelt sympathy of the district will be extended to her in her sorrow.
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24 December 1915
CRAVEN’S ROLL OF HONOUR – HORTON-IN RIBBLESDALE
Pte. Sewell, 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade, husband of Mrs. Annie Sewell, Fordale Cottages, Helwith Bridge, Horton-in-Ribblesdale. Killed May 28th 1915.
22 November 1918
SEWELL – Nov. 17th, at River Place, Gargrave, George Walter Sewell, aged 69.
[Father of Rifleman Charles Oswald Sewell, who was killed in action, 17 March 1915.]
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