Christopher Greensides
he was a general labourer on the 1911 census.
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Christopher Greensides was born in 1869 in Beverley,he was the son of James Greenside a joiner and Martha Brown.
His father James was born in 1845 at Beverley , his mother Martha Brown was born in 1838, they were married on 19th December 1863 at St Marys Church, Castlegate, they had 4 children.
Christopher married May Jane Skelton (born 1876 Skingone, Yorkshire) in 1896 at Lincoln.
In the 1911 census he is shown living at The Green ,Beckingham , he is 42 years of age, a general labourer in a ship yard, it states he has been married for 14 years to his wife Mary who is 35 years of age. They have 4 children, James born 1899 in Hull, Walter born 1900 in Grimsby, Charles born 1904 Beckingham and Mary born 1905 in Beckingham.
Private Christopher Greensides enlisted into the army at Gainsborough and served with the 1st Bn Lincolnshire Regiment. On Thursday 3rd June 1915 he was killed in action when his battalion were supporting the 6th Cavalry Brigade in the areas of Hooge Wood and Zouave Wood, near Ypres, Belgium. At the time of death the regiment would have taken part in the second Battle of Ypres which began in April 1915 when the Germans released poison gas into the allied lines. Christopher Greenside's name is on Panel 21, at the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres with no known grave.
The information on Christopher greenside was provided courtesy of the Beckingham and Saundby local history group.
Christopher Greensides
Photo was provided courtesy of the Beckingham and Saundby local history group.
Mennin Gate memorial
Photo of the Mennin Gate memorial, Ypres, Belgium upon which Christopher Greensides name is commemorated.Photo provided courtesy of the Beckingham and Saundby local history group.
Christopher Greensides
Photo provided courtesy of The War Graves Photographic Project www.twgpp.org