Name
Charles Thomas Mashford
1899
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/04/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
75902
Royal Fusiliers *1
Posted to 2nd (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HANGARD WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY
II. C. 1.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Northchurch Village Memorial, St Mary’s Church Window, Northchurch, Berkhamsted Town Memorial, St Peter’s Church Memorial, Berkhamsted
Pre War
Charles Thomas Mashford(*2) was born in 1899 in Northchurch, nr Berkhamsted, Herts, the son of John and Alice Mashford (nee Smith).
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 16 New Road, Northchurch and his father was working as a coachbuilder's labourer. By 1911 they had moved to 3 Eddy Street, Berkhamsted at which time Charles (Charlie) was a 12 year old schoolboy.
Wartime Service
Charles enlisted in Watford and initially joined the Royal Fusiliers later being posted to the 2nd Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).
He was killed in action on 24 April 1918 and is interred in Hangard Wood Cemetery near Villers- Bretonneaux, Somme.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £4 10s and pay owing of £5 11s. She also received a pension of seven shillings a week.
N.B. Roll of Honour has date of death as 1916.
*1 London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).
*2 CWGC has initials as C J, although original documentation clearly shows C T.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper, Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild,
