Lance Corporal 240387 Charles Brunt
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 13/02/15
Age at death: 31
Date of death: 31st of July 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 37.
BMD details:
Marriage: 15/11/1902 Charles MIDDLEHURST to Prudence REDCLIFFE at Prescot St Mary. There is no marriage found between Moses Middlehurst and Charles mother Jane Brunt.
Family details:
Son of Moses Brunt, of 27, Gladstone St., St. Helens; husband of Prudence Brunt, of 14, Edward St., St. Helens, Lancs. Widow Prudence is sole legatee.
Census details:
1891 - 5 years old schoolboy Charles, widowed mother Jane Brunt (40) and siblings Edward (17), Maria (11), Alice (2) are boarding at 42 High Street, St Helens with widower Moses Middlehurst (63). 1901 - 15 years old 'Chemical Labourer' Charles, widowed mother Jane Brunt (51) and siblings: Maria Brunt (22), Alice Brunt (12), Kate Brunt (10) are boarding at 42 High Street, St Helens with widower Moses Middlehurst (75). 1911 - Sees 25 years old ' Coal Miner (hewer)' Charles living at 9 Gladstone Street, St Helens with wife of 8 years Prudence (24) and four children: George (8), Charles (6), Joseph (4), Christopher (3 mths).
Notes:
[note=142]Two Brunt Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Possible third brother [cas=246]John Brunt[/cas] [url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url]
[note=142]Two Brunt Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Possible third brother [cas=246]John Brunt[/cas] [url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/charles_brunt_slr.jpg[/pic][caption]Menin Gate[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/240387CharlesBrunt.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
