Charles Osborne Harvey

Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial

Regiment: Labour Corps

Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Private 73446

Parents: Henry and Sarah Harvey

Marital status: Married

Home address: Home address: Horseshoe Lane, Thornbury, Bristol Lived: 105 Lichfield Grove, Church End, Finchley, London

Pre-war occupation: Jobbing Gardener

Date of birth: 05/03/1876

Place of birth: Thornbury, Bristol

Date of death: 16/05/1917

Buried/Commemorated at: Buried in the Wanquetin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. Commemorated at St Paul’s Church in Finchley. Not commemorated on a local memorial.

Age: 41

Further information:

Charles was born in Thornbury, the son of a mason and the youngest of two brothers. By 1901 he had moved to London and was working as a gardener. He married Bessie Louisa Fry in in 1905 and their son Harold was born in 1913.

Charles was conscripted to the reserves on 26th February 1917 and initially enlisted in The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 15th Company (45644) later transferring to the 123rd Company, Labour Corps. At that time, he was described as being 5’5” tall and weighing 8st 8lb with grey eyes, brown hair and a fresh complexion. He was mobilised to France with the British Expeditionary Force on 14th March 1917 and was killed just two months later when a Howitzer field gun exploded. The cemetery where he is buried was used by the 41st Casualty Clearing Station and would have been where he was taken when he fell.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
http://www.thornburyroots.co.uk/war/ww1-soldiers-a-l/