Charles Ross
He was a coal miner in the 1911 census.
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Charles Ross was born in 1882 at Atherstone, Warwickshire,
He married Sarah Janem Mears (born 1st September 1870) on 16th April 1906 at St Marys Church at Atherstone, Sarah was a widow she had been married to John V Mears in 1895 but he had died in 1901 she brought a son to the marriage George Mears, at the time of the marriage Charles was living at Grove Road, Atherstone.
They had a son Charles Leslie born 25th October 1909 and a daughter Irene born 21st March 1913,
In the 1911 census the family are living at 6 Beresford Street, Mansfield Charles 29 yrs is a coal miner hewer, he is living with his wife Sarah Jane 40 yrs and theirson Chales Leslie 1 year old and herson George Bowens Mears 13 yrs an errnad boy
Commencing 13th January 1916 his widow was awarded a pension of 23 shillings and 6 pence a week
Enlisted into the Sherwood Foresters and transferred to RMLI on 16/09/1914. Embarked on 28/02/1915 and landed in Gallipoli in late April 1915 he was killed in action on 13th July 1915, having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Helles Memoorial, Gallipoli.
Ross was one of 'Kitchener's Marines' who were transferred from the Sherwood Foresters to the RMLI. Des Turner notes '600 RMLI transfers came from 2 regiments - 200 from the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) and 400 from the Sherwood Foresters. They were predominantly ex-miners and labourers, fit men wanted for their ability to dig trenches and tunnels. The 200 KOYLI recruits were transferred to Plymouth Division RMLI and were given service numbers PLY/1(S) to PLY200(S). This was also the case for the Sherwood Foresters 200 who were dispatched to Portsmouth where already 30 men were recruited and so they became PO/31(S) to PO/230(S). 200 remaining Foresters went to Chatham and were numbered CH/1 to CH/200(S).'
additional research and information Peter Gillings
Photo of Charles Ross
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli