Christopher Charles Christmas
He was a member of 2nd Nottingham Company Boys' Brigade (Dakeyne Street Lads' Club). At the time of the 1911 Census he was an errand boy.
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Christopher Charles Christmas was born on 5th November 1896 at Nottingham, he was the son of Edmund Christmas a caretaker who was born at Cambridge in 1869 and worked as a gardener and later caretaker and his mother Ellen Barnett was born at Derby also in 1869. they were married on 15th September 1894 at St Alkmunds Church, Derby, they had 10 children, 2 of which died in infancy or early childhood.
He was the brother of Emma Gladys (b.1896), Lois Barnett (b.1900), Dorothea Phyllis (b.1902), Edward Basil (b. 1903), Leslie Bernard (b.1905), George Cyril (b.1910) and Alfred Barnett (b.1910) Christmas. The family lived at 7 Woodhouse Street Nottingham, before moving to 31 St Matthias Road Sneinton Nottingham.
In the 1911 census the family are living at 18 St Matthias Street, Sneinton, Nottingham, Edward 42yrs is a caretaker, he is living with his wife Ellen 42 yrs and their 8 children including Christoper Charles 14 yrs an errand boy.
Private Christopher Charles Christmas was called up for service at Nottingham, he trained with the Royal Fusiliers with No. G/21330. He later transferred to 113th Company of the Machine Gun Corps and following training he was drafted to France. In December 1916 the battalion was holding the line in the Ypres Salient in Begium during a period of relative quiet. However, he was killed in action on 2nd December 1917 near the village of Boezinge, north of Ypres and buried at Essex Farm Cemetery.
Personal inscription on the CWGC grave, 'Until the day dawns'.
additional research and information Peter Gillings
Christopher Charles Christmas
Commonwealth war grave headstone marking his grave at Essex Farm Cemetery, Belgium.
Courtesy of Murray Biddle