Name
Christopher Childs
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
06/01/1917
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
42585
Durham Light Infantry
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 8.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary's Church Memorial, Bayford, Not on the Hertford memorials
Pre War
Born 1898 in Hertford son of Alfred John and Rosa Mary (Whitnall) Childs and living at New Pond Farm, Bayford, Hertford in 1901 and in Bayford Wood Cottages in 1911. He was a footman.
Recorded as born in Hertford and living in Bayford when he enlisted in Gateshead.
Wartime Service
Previously a member of the Volunteer Training Corps, he enlisted at Gateshead 4 Nov 1915. He entered France on 17 Jul 1916.
Killed in action.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
