Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Date of death
7 August 1915
Age of death
20
Address
21 Oak Row
High Street
Barkingside
Ilford
RED
IG6 2AW
Address source
1911 Census
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Biography
Charles Crawley was born in 1895 to boot maker George Ernest Rochester Crawley and his wife Rose. Charles was the second oldest of six children.
In 1911, Charles was living with his family at 21 Oak Row, High Street in Barkingside, Ilford. At this time, he worked as a messenger in the Post Office.
Charles enlisted as a Private in the 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling. He was sent to Gallipoli in Turkey and was killed in action on 7th August 1915 at Suvla Bay. Charles was buried in Green Hull Cemetery in Suvla, Turkey.
Research by Redbridge Museum
Sources:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry.com