John Childs
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John Childs was the youngest child of John Childs and Patience Wagg who married in the Basford registration district in 1859. Their children included: Henry (b.1863), Eliza (b.1869), Eliza (b.1869), Hannah (b.1870), Mary Ann (b.1872), Emily (b.1874), Elizabeth (b.1878), Joseph (b.1880) and John (b.1883). They lived at: Churchfield Lane, Radford [C.1881] and 138 Ilkeston Road, Radford [C.1891]. John Childs, who was a lacemaker, died at Nottingham, aged 46 or 48, in either 1886 or 1888. In 1891 Patience Childs was running a fish and greengrocery shop but she died at Nottingham, aged 54, in 1895.
Drummer Childs enlisted in Nottingham and following training he was drafted to France. He was formerly No. 3040 in the Sherwood Foresters, but was posted to the Royal Warwickshires. The battalion took part in fighting during the German offensive Operation Georgette, and he was killed in action. His body was never found but his name was commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
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