Charles Clayton Kirkham
He was employed as a blacksmith
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Charles was born in Burton Joyce in 1893 ,the son of George a frame work knitter and Elinor Kirkham née Clayton of Main Street, Calverton.
His father George was born in 1858 at Calverton, his mother Elinor Clayton was born in 1856 at Calverton, they were married in 1879 their marriage was recorded in the Basford registration district, he had 5 siblings.
In the 1911 census shows him as being 18yrs born in Burton Joyce,he is single an apprentice blacksmith living at Burnor in Calverton with his Parents George 53 yrs a frame work knitter and Elinor 55 yrs
Private Charles Clayton Kirkham initially enlisted at Nottingham on 14th November 1915 giving his address as Main Street, Calverton, he was 22 yrs and 6 months old, he was a shoeing smith, he was posted to the Army Service Corps , however on 18th November 1915 his was discharged from the Army as not likely to become an efficient solider.
He later enlisted in Mansfield into the Lincolnshire Regiment with service no 48837,he later transferred to the Labour Corp and then to the Norfolk Regiment with service No 43756 He died on 18th September 1918. He is commemorated on his parents grave stone in Calverton cemetery. He has no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois memorial, France
His elder brother Pte. George James Kirkham, 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, was taken prisoner, along with more than 500 of his comrades, on 20th October 1914. He died of pneumonia on 9th December 1918. He is buried in Niederzwheren Cemetery, Kassel.
In memoriam published 9th December 1919 in the Nottingham Evening Post ;-
“KIRKHAM. – In loving memory of my dear brothers, George James Kirkham, who died in Germany December 9th, 1918; also Charlie,killed in France September 18th,1918. – Audrey and Dick
above in memoriam is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Photo of Charles Clayton Kirkham
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France, courtesy of the cwgc