Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Gordon Highlanders
Date of death
25 September 1915
Age of death
32
Address
53 Wanstead Park Avenue
Wanstead
RED
E12 5EL
Address source
1911 Census
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
Belgium
Biography
Charles George Tait Mather was born in Brazil in 1884. In 1890, his family moved back to England and set up home at 53 Wanstead Park Avenue where Charles was still recorded as living at the time of the1911 census.
Charles worked as a bank clerk and his father, William was an engineer. When war broke out, Charles enlisted with the 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. He was killed on 25th September 1915 in France, aged 31 years old. His name appears on the Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium.
Sources:
Research by Redbridge Museum
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry.com