Charles Maggs

Memorial: Hambrook - Whiteshill Common

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment

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

Rank and number: Private 201831

Parents: Henry and Emma Maggs

Marital status: Single

Home address: Swan Lane, Winterbourne,Bristol

Pre-war occupation: Stone Dresser

Date of birth: c. 1886

Place of birth: Winterbourne, Bristol

Date of death: 27/08/1917

Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at New Irish Farm Cemetery West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Commemorated on Hambrook Whiteshill Common Memorial

Age: 31

Further information:

Charles was born in Winterbourne, the son of a labourer and the eldest of four children with two brothers and a sister.

Charles enlisted in 1914 and his Battalion (the 2nd/4th Glosters) served on the Western Front fighting in a number of different battles including pursuit of the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line. Charles was recorded as being killed in action but on the day of his death his battalion was not involved in any specific engagement so it is likely that Charles was a casualty of the day to day trench warfare that accounted for around 300 deaths per day 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/