Charles Bryant
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Forest of Dean (Pioneer)
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 34135
Parents: George and Harriet Bryant
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: Middle Road, Kingswood, Bristol. Lived: 5 Harvey's Cottages, Ridgway Rd., Fishponds, Bristol.
Pre-war occupation: Potter
Date of birth: 1890
Place of birth: Soundwell, Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 16/09/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Not commemorated on a local memorial.
Age: 26
Further information:
Charles was born at Soundwell, Kingswood, the son of a signalman on the railway and the youngest child of eight children with four sisters and three brothers. Charles married Annie Amelia Maggs in 1913 and together they had two children, Henry who was born in 1914 and Ivy who was just five months old when Charles died.
Charles served with the 13th (Service) Battalion, his battalion mobilised to Belgium in March 1916 and during that year, fought in the Battles of the Somme. Charles was killed in action during The Battle of Passchendaele (31 July - 6 November 1917) which resulted in combined casualties estimated to be around 800,000 for both allies and Germans. After the armistice Charles’s body was moved from its first resting place and reburied at the cemetery near Hooge chateau which had been the scene of much bitter fighting throughout the war.
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/