Thomas Theophilus George HIGNELL – Charfield

Thomas Theophilus George Hignell Died 1937 aged 73 Thomas was a Boer War veteran, enlisting into the Royal Marines in 1881. Not much more could be found out about Thomas but he was the local Ironmonger in Charfield in 1925. This grave,…

Ernest AB CLARK – Charfield

29401 Private Ernest Albert Berry CLARK 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry Killed in action on 30 August 1918. Aged 19 yrs old. No Known Grave – commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial to the Missing Ernest Clark was born…

Joe and Charles MILLARD – Charfield

This research and story is thanks to Graham Adams from Woodlands Road, found in archived material. The MILLARD family of Mill Lane also lost two sons. The elder JOE, a 32-year-old gunner with heavy artillery got cramp when swimming in a…

Francis G NEAL – Charfield

178447 Leading Seaman Francis George NEAL Royal Navy – HMS Monmouth Drowned at sea in action on 1 November 1914, aged 37. One of all 738 sailors of the ships company died that day. Probably known in the family as George, Francis George…