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Sgt. Charles Gregory
British Army 14th (2nd Barnsley) Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:80 Scot Lane, Aspull, Wigan
(d.1st Jul 1916)
The eldest son of Ralph and Parthenia Gregory of Aspull, Wigan, in the 1911 census Charles Gregory was 17 years old, living at home with his family and working underground in the mines as a drawer. For reasons unknown, Charles moved to Barnsley some time between 1911 and 1915. He enlisted in the York and Lancaster Regiment, 14th (2nd Barnsley) Battalion on 22nd March 1915, age 21. At the time he was working as a miner at Barrow Colliery and gave his address as 1 Arthur St, Worsborough Bridge. At the time of his death, Charles was a Sergeant and a machine gunner. He died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, age 22. As he was reported missing and his body was never found, Charles has no grave. His name is inscribed on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.
