Charles Herbert Cutting
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Gunner 272555 3rd Reserve Brigade
Parents: Herbert and Edith Margaret Cutting
Home address: Bristol
Date of birth: 1899
Date of death: 13/10/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Winterbourne Down (All Saints) Churchyard
Age: 19
Further information:
Charles was born in Norwood Surrey, the eldest of two sons of a coal merchant. He was just 8 years old when his father died. Two years later in 1909 his mother married Francis Martin and that same year they had a daughter, Frances, who was Charles' half-sister. The 1911 census shows that Charles aged 12 and his younger brother Bertie aged 11 had been placed in Mullers Orphan Houses Ashley Down in Bristol.
During the war, Charles served on the home front and died in Bristol General Hospital in the last days of the war. It's not possible to say why he was in Bristol at the time of his death, what the cause of his death was or why he was buried in Winterbourne Down.
He left all of his personal effects to his mother who by that time was widowed, Charles' stepfather having died in Flanders, the year before Charles.
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/