Second Lieutenant Charles Critchlow
Regiment/Unit: Manchester Regiment - 2nd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 08/12/1915
Previous Reg/Num: Pvt. 8116 17th Manchester Regt.
Age at death: 28
Date of death: 26th of October 1917
Born: Manchester
Burial / Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial - Panel 120 to 124 and 162 to 162A and 163A.
Family details:
Son of the late Bernard and Lucy Critchlow, of Manchester.
Census details:
1891 - 2 years old Charles is living at 1 Park Grove, Stretford with parents Bernard (51), Lucy (49) and seven siblings: Jessie (23), William (19), Ernest (15), Annie (11), Dora (9), Helen (7), Allan (5). Also at the address is servant Sallis Frumston (20). 1901 - 12 years old Charles is living at 70 Bold Street, Moss Side, Manchester with parents Bernard (61), Lucy (59) and three siblings: Ernest (25), Helen (17), Allan (15). 1911 - Sees 22 years old 'Clerk' Charles living at 68 Bishop Street, Moss Side, Manchester with his widowed mother Lucy (69) and three siblings: Annie (31), Helen (27), Allan (25).
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/2LtCharlesCritchlow.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/C_Critchlow_Manc.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for 2nd Lieutenant Charles Critchlow on the Tyne Cot Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
