Name
Charles Samuel Swinscoe
1885
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/03/1919
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
S4/218717
Royal Army Service Corps
25th Railhead Supply Depot
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, LIGNY-THILLOY
I. D. 22.
France
Headstone Inscription
UNTIL THE DAY BREAK
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial, Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Bishop's Stortford
Pre War
Charles Samuel Swinscoe was born in 1885 in Great Parndon, Essex to George and Sarah Ann Swinscoe. On the 1911 Census he was living with his widowed mother at Star Hill, Newport, Essex and working as a butcher. At the time of enlistment he was living at 94 Lupus Street, Victoria, London, She later lived at 10 Bartholomew Road, Bishop's Stortford.
Wartime Service
He enlisted on 17 February 1916 in London but was not sent to France until 7 February 1917, serving with the Royal Army Service Corps. He was appointed Lance Corporal on 12 March 1918. He died at the 43th Casualty Clearing Station in France of influenza and bronchopneumonia the following year.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £14 10s and pay owing of £23 9s 11d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
