Name
Charles Gomm
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/06/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Able Seaman
J/16024(PO)
Royal Navy
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
F. 90A.
United Kingdom
UK & Other Memorials
St Thomas’s Church, West Hyde
Pre War
Charles Gomm born 18 April 1896, son of Charles Herbert and Matilda Gomm, of Weybeard Cottage, Denham, Bucks. The 1901 census records Charles as 5 years old and living at 8 Troy Mill Cottages, West Hyde, with a brother 7 and a sister 3.
Additional Information
Charles census for 1911 not found. Most residents of Troy Mill Cottages were farm labourers or worked in the Asbestos plant on the Grand Union Canal.
Acknowledgments
P Szelewski
