CHARLES FREDERICK ARMER
Born: 1878, Netteswell Cross, Essex.
Died on or since death presumed: 3rd May 1917; age 39; KiA.
Residence: 77, Surbiton Road, Ipswich.
Employed: a Postman – General Post Office
Enlistment Location: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 31166
Regiment: Bedfordshire Regiment, 7th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Memorial Reference:
Bay 5.
Pas de Calais,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Husband of A.M.Armer, of 77, Surbiton Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1881 Netteswell Cross, Essex.
Charles was 2 years old and living with his mother & siblings.
Jane Armer (nee Palmer), 42, born Harlow, Essex.
George Armer, 16, an Agricultural Labourer, born Harlow.
Annie Jane Armer, 11, born Netteswell Cross.
Alfred James Armer, 9, born Netteswell Cross.
Henry Armer, 6, born Netteswell Cross.
1891 Netteswell Cross, Essex.
Charles was 11 years old and living with his widowed mother & siblings.
Jane, 53, a Laundress – own account.
Annie, 21, a Laundress – own account.
Henry, 15, a Core Maker – Iron Foundry.
1901 Netteswell Cross, Essex.
Charles was 21 years old, a Rural Postman. He was living with his widowed mother.
Jane, 65, a Letter Carrier.
1911 77, Surbiton Road, Ipswich.
Charles was 31 years old, a Postman for the General Post Office. He was living with his wife.
Alice, 27.
In 1908, Ipswich, Charles married Alice Maud Berry, born 1884, Wellington Street, Ipswich.
Charles’s father was James Armer, born 1831, Harlow, Essex. His mother Jane Armer died 1917, Ipswich.
Soldiers’ Effects to Alice M. Armer – widow.
Charles is also remembered on the war memorial at the Royal Mail Centre, Commercial Road, Ipswich.
THE BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT 7th (Service) Battalion:
One Comment