CORAH C.
Charles Richard Corah
Gunner 62838
3rd Bty. 110th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Charles Richard Corah died on 11th August 1917, aged 22 years, and was buried in the BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
He was born c1895 at Radford, Nottingham, to parents Charles and Emily Corah. Charles Corah was a Coal Miner, and both parents were natives of Leicestershire. At the time of the 1901 census the family were residing at Smalley, Derbys.
His younger brother, Archibald Corah, is also remembered on Skegby's War Memorial.
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 30th August 1918
Corah - In loving memory of my dear son, Gunner Charles Richard Corah, who died of wounds, August 11th 1917. Could we have raised his dying head, And heard his last farewell, The blow would not have been so hard, To those who loved him so. Gone from our home, but not from our hearts, the one we loved so well; But only those who have lost can tell, What pain it is to bear. - From Mother, Sister Doll, Brothers and little daughter Florrie.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Royal Field Artillery’
CORAH
Charles Richard. Enlisted Mansfield, Notts (resides Skegby, Notts). Royal Horse
Artillery and Royal Field Artillery, Gunner
62838, Died of Wounds, France & Flanders, 11th August 1917.
"Lest we forget - The Blackwell Colliery War Souvenier"
C. R. Corah, White House, Skegby. Enlisted 18-12-14. Gnr., R. F. A. Actions: France. Killed in action 11-8-17.
Research by Heather Faulkes
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