Name
Charles Henry Plum (poss Plumb)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/12/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
242417
South Staffordshire Regiment
2nd/6th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
XXXI. B. 15A.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St John’s Church, High Cross, Thundridge War Memorial, Not on the Colliers End memorials
Pre War
Charles Plum was born in 1897 at Colliers End, the son of Alfred and Mary Ann Plum. Alfred probably died in 1900.
In 1911 Charles was recorded as a farm worker and living with Charles and Mary Ann Wren in Colliers End, with brothers and sisters, so presumably his mother had remarried He enlisted in Puckeridge.
Wartime Service
Formerly 22681 of Northamptonshire Regiment (but this is not confirmed on his medal card) before transferring to the South Staffs 2nd 6th TF Bn. He probably landed in France in February 1917.
Additional Information
The Bn was disbanded in France in January 1918.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Pat Bird
