Christopher Charles Christmas
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He was the son of Edmund Christmas who was born at Cambridge in 1869 and worked as a gardener and later caretaker. His mother Ellen was born at Derby also in 1869. 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.
Christmas was called up for service and 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 02/12/1917 near the village of Boezinge, north of Ypres and buried at Essex Farm Cemetery.
Personal inscription on the CWGC grave, 'Until the day dawns'.
