GREEN C. A.

Charles Alfred Green 

Private 40770

8th Bn., North Staffordshire Regiment
formerly (19618) 14th Bn, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)

Notts Free Press, 30th March 1917

Charles Alfred Green died on Tuesday 27th February 1917, Age 31, and is commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.

He was born 18th July 1886 at Forest Side, Sutton-in-Ashfield, the son of Samuel and Eliza Green, of 24 Mason Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. 

Charles Green was rescued following his injury by Corporal F. Abberley, a soldier from Tibshelf, who was subsequently awarded the Military Medal for his bravery in the rescue. (reported in the Notts Free Press 30th March 1917)

Notts Free Press 30th March 1917

Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 1st March 1918

Green - In loving memory of Charles Alfred, the beloved son of Eliza and Samuel Green, who died of wounds, in France, February 26th, 1917. Sweetest memories ever cling. - From Sorrowing Mother, Father, Sisters and Brothers.

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)’

GREEN Charles Alfred. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield. 8th Bn., Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regt).,  Private 40770, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 27th February 1917. Formerly 19618, Notts & Derbys Regt. 

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