Stoker 1st Class D/K56068 Charles Mullen
Regiment: Royal Navy (HMS Chelsea)
Age at death: 43
Date of death: 9th of July 1941
Burial / Memorial: Basra War Cemetery
Family details:
Son of James & Winifred Mullen of Haydock Lancs. (CWGC)
Census details:
1911 census he is listed as Charles Mullin aged 14 living with parents James & Winifred at 296 Church Rd, Haydock.
[color=#000000]Possibly Charles Mullin South Lancs served WW1. Was POW. [color=#000000]WW1 POW records has him as 16112 Pte Charles Mullin born (according to Red Cross) records 27 Sept 1897 Haydock. Address 296 Church Street, Haydock[/color][/color]
[color=#000000]On 1911 census he is listed as Charles Mullin aged 14 living with parents James & Winifred at 296 Church Rd, Haydock . His POW record has him as Charles Mullen same address PA 31569.
Served on the Town Class Destroyer HMS Chelsea in WW2.
The Monumental description on his grave in Basra Cemetery reads "[color=#343735]HE SLEEPS NOT IN HIS NATIVE LAND BUT BENEATH A FOREIGN SKY"[/color][/color]
