Charles Henry Chadburn
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Charles Henry was the son of John Chadburn and his first wife Miriam (née Jones). His father John was born in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, in about 1871, the son of Charles and Emily Chadburn. His mother Miriam was born in Tefnant, Denbighshire, Wales, in about 1874, the daughter of David Jones. John (24) and Miriam (21) were married in Tefnant on 2 July 1895 (reg. St Asaph Denbighshire). They had at least four children: Elinor (Eleanor) Gladys b. Trefnant 20 July 1895 bap. Trefnant 1 September 1895; Charles Henry b. Sutton Bonington 1897 bap. Sutton Bonington St Michael 4 April 1897; Frances Maud (Maud) b. Sutton Bonington 11 April 1899 bap. Sutton Bonington St Anne 25 June 1899 and Robert Arthur (Arthur) b. Sutton Bonington 5 August 1901. By 1901 John (30) a plaster miller, and Miriam (26) were living on Park Lane, Sutton Bonington, with their three children Eleanor (5), Charles (4) and Frances (1). Their fourth child, Robert Arthur, was born later that year. Miriam died in 1904 aged about 30. John Chadburn married secondly Elizabeth Ann Bowley in 1907. Elizabeth Ann was born in Gotham iin 1881 and was the daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Bowley (née Holland). The family was from Gotham where her father was employed as a plaster miner. John and Elizabeth had at least three children who were all born in Gotham: Phyllis May, Archibald R. and John Enworth. In 1911 John, a plaster miller, and Elizabeth were living on Kegworth Road, Gotham, with their daughter Phyllis (3) and three of John's children by his first marriage, Charles, a house boy at an agricultural college, Maud and Arthur (9). John's eldest daughter, Eleanor (15), was a domestic servant living in Kingston-on-Soar, Derbyshire, in the household of Charles Herbert Dobbin who was employed at the Midland Agricultural and Dairy College. John died on 16 May 1934. The probate record gave his address as Leake Lane, Kingston-on-Soar; administration of his estate was awarded to his widow, Elizabeth Ann. In 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled Elizabeth Ann was living on West Leake Lane, Kingston-on-Soar, with her sons Archibald and John. Elizabeth had not been traced after this date.
1/8th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment), 12525, 12535 According to the medal roll index card, Charles entered theatre (Balkans) 'prior to 31 December 1915.' Charles Henry died of wounds in France on 4 October 1918 and was buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery (grave ref. V.J.22). He qualified for the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. CWGC - History of Tincourt New British Cemetery (extract): 'The villages of Tincourt and Boucly were occupied by British troops in March 1917, during the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line. From the following May until March 1918, Tincourt became a centre for Casualty Clearing Stations. On the 23rd March 1918, the villages were evacuated and they were recovered, in a ruined condition, about the 6th September. From that month to December 1918, Casualty Clearing Stations were again posted to Tincourt. The cemetery was begun in June 1917, and used until September 1919 ... After the Armistice it was used for the reburial of soldiers found on the battlefield, or buried in small French or German cemeteries [graveyards and cemeteries listed].' (www.cwgc.org)
Registers of Soldiers' Effects: his legatee was his mother (sic - stepmother) Elizabeth.
