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Surname: BERRY
Forename(s): Charlie
Place of Birth: Nelson, Lancashire
Service No: 155090
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Battalion / Unit: 41st Battalion
Division: 41st Division
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1918-10-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VII. A. 1.
CWGC Cemetery: AEROPLANE CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CROSSHILLS, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KILDWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Charlie Berry was the son of Lewis and Jane Hannah Berry, née Summerscales. Lewis was born at Silsden and Jane at Addingham, Yorkshire.
1901 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 79, Pine Street - Charley Berry aged 2 years, born Nelson, son of Lewis and Jane H. Berry.
1911 Crosshills, Yorkshire Census: 5, Holme Lane - Charley Berry, aged 12 years, born Nelson, Lancashire, son of Lewis and Jane Hannah Berry.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Charlie Berry, 58663, W. York. R.; 155090, M.G.C.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Charlie Berry, 58663, W. York. R.; 155090, M.G.C. Killed in Action 7.10.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Charles Berry, 155090, 41st Bn M.G.C. Date and Place of Death: 7.10.18 in Action. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Lewis. £16 17s. 5d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Charlie. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Jane Hannah Berry. Relationship: Mother. Address 1. 5, Holme Lane, Crosshills, Keighley, Yorks. Address 2. 21, Burnroyd Avenue, Crosshills, Keighley.
Early in 1918 Machine Gun Battalions were formed. This was done by bringing 4 Machine Gun Companies together to form a battalion. The battalion then took the number of their Division.
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:
BERRY, Gunner Charles, [Crosshills], aged 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Berry, died Oct. 7, 1918.
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Private Charlie BERRY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 41st Division
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08 November 1918
CROSSHILLS - Private Charlie Berry Killed In Action
The parents of Private Charlie Berry have received a notification from the War Office that their son was killed in action somewhere in France, on October 7th, on his 20th birthday. It is two years since he joined up, training with the Leeds Rifles at Rugeley. He went out to France for the first time in November, 1917, and was sent back in the early part of this year suffering from trench feet. After treatment in the Brighton War Hospital he was transferred to a Machine Gun Company, going out to France for the second time in June last. Private Berry was a very popular lad and highly respected. Prior to enlistment he was employed by Messrs. T. and M. Bairstow, Sutton Mills.
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01 November 1918
Crosshills Soldier's Death
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Berry have received official information that their eldest son, Gunner Charlie Berry, was killed in action on Oct. 7th, his 20th birthday. He joined the forces in February, 1916, and was invalided home last winter with trench feet; being well cared for in the Brighton Hospital he regained full strength and went out again in June last. He was of a buoyant and cheerful disposition, and "a good lad for home." He was a member of the Crosshills Liberal Club, where the flag has been flying at half-mast during the week. He was last employed at the firm of Messrs. T. and M. Bairstow. His younger brother is in the navy.
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