Company Serjeant Major 66355 Charles Edward Groves

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 8th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 12520, Lancs Fus.
Age at death: 37
Date of death: 13th of July 1917
(Friday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Collyhurst, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Brandhoek New Military Cemetery - I. M. 14.
BMD details:
Marriage:
2nd QTR 1901 Charles Edward Groves to Sarah Ann Saunders at Prescot, Lancs.
Vol 8b - Page 1217.
Family details:
Native of St. Helens, Lancs.
Census details:
1891 - 10 years old Charles E is living at 24 Hanover Street, St Helens with parents Edward (34), Ann J (32) and three siblings: George A (12), Agnes (8), William A (2).
1901 - 20 years old 'Sheet Glass Cutter' Charles E is living at 2 Cairne Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens with remarried father Edward (44), stepmother Sarah (37) and two siblings: Agnes (18), [cas=2058]Ernest Groves[/cas] (4).
1911 Census -
The Groves family lived at 27, Gill Street in Openshaw. Charles Edward Groves was 30 years old, a Glass Cutter by trade. Along with his wife, Sarah Ann (36), they had five children: Charles William (9), Ernest Edward (7), Violet (5), George Arthur (3), Jennie (2).
Notes:
[note=180]Two Groves Brothers who died in The Great War[/note]
SDGW give his service number as 43201.
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[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Groves_CE_KLR_b.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/CSM_C_E_Groves_zps90d3d2e0.png[/pic][caption]Probate Date: 6 Nov 1917.[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/C_E_Groves_Kings_zps37937ed4.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of C.S.M. Charles Edward Groves at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]
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[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/66355GrovesCharles-1.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for CSM Charles Edward Groves at St Helens Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
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