Name
Charles Frederick Stambridge
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/07/1917
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Acting Bombardier
36656
Royal Garrison Artillery
86th Heavy Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
X. D. 7.
Iraq
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial
Pre War
Born in Hertford in 1891 and christened on 19 Nov 1890 in Hertford son of George and Martha Stambridge, living in 8 City Street, Hertford in 1891 and in 1911 as gravel pit labourer.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at London on 12 Jan 1912 in the Territorial Force. He was serving in India from 2 Feb 1913 to 11 Dec 1916 and arrived in Basrah on 12 Dec 1916 joining his battery in the field. He died in Mesopotamia of heat exhaustion.
Additional Information
Name is variously spelled Stanbridge or Stambridge. Brother of John Stambridge who also fought (and was gassed) and of Private George Stambridge who was killed in action on 30 Oct 1917 and is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
