Charles E Throsby

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Service number:
CH/SS/107614
Rank:
Chief Petty Officer
Service:
Royal Navy
Origin:
Date of birth:
25 October 1890
Date of death:
14 August 1916
Age at Death:
25
THROSBY Charles E

Known information

Charles E Throsby was born 25 October 1890 at Leicester, the son of Charles and Laura Throsby. He worked as a butcher before joining the Royal Navy for five years between August 1908 to August 1913. Afterwards he went to live with his sister Mrs E M Martin in Egleton and began his own butchery business at Greetham a few months before the First World War broke out. Because he was a reservist he was called up, but instead of manning a ship he became an infantryman with the Naval Brigade. He took part in the disastrous siege of Antwerp which ended when the Germans captured the city and a large number of prisoners. He then went to Gallipoli and subsequently to France where he served with the Hood Battalion of the Royal Naval Division. He was promoted to acting Chief Petty Officer and was bringing up rations to his men when he was hit in the head by a bullet at 0200 on 14 August 1916. He was taken to the hospital, but never regained consciousness and was buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, near Arras, grave I.C.19. He is remembered on Greetham's war memorial and is also on a monument in Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester.

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  • Gretham Memorial
  • Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension 1
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Rutland and The Battle of the Somme

More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.

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