Rank
Gunner
Regiment
Royal Field Artillery
Date of death
23 January 1917
Age of death
20
Address
39 Napier Road
East Ham
Essex
E6 2SE
Address source
1911 Census
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
France
Biography
Born in 1897 at Canning Town, son of John Thomas (General, later Dock Labourer) and Lucy Sophia Rudland. 1901: With his family at 25 Swanscombe Street, West Ham. 1911: Aged 14 and having no occupation, with his family at 39 Napier Road, East Ham. He enlisted at East Ham, and arrived in France on 24th August 1915.
In the first quarter of 1917, 25 Div. Trench Mortar Battery were in the Ploegsteert Sector, and saw a relatively quiet time, punctuated by frequent trench raids and minor operations. However while there, Charles Rudland sustained wounds from which he would die at 2 Casualty Clearing Station at Bailleul.
His personal connection to Woodford is unclear.
Research by Adrian Lee, Local Historian
Sources:
Ancestry.com