Name
Charles Plowman
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/03/1918
48
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
T4/071460
Army Service Corps
2nd Cav. Div. Mechanical Transport Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
POZIERES MEMORIAL
Panel 95.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial
Bengeo War Memorial Plaque, Holy Trinity Church, Bengeo
Pre War
Born in 1870 in Hackney. He married Annie Elizabeth in 1902 and was living in 120 Duncombe Road, Bengeo, Hertford with 5 children in 1911. He was an advertising agent.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Holloway, London. Was serving with 2nd Cavalry Div when Germany launched Operation Michael on 21st March 1918, they were in the Somme area near Pozieres when he was killed.
Additional Information
CWGC shows that Charles was in the M.T (Mechanical) company yet his service number has the prefix T4 which denotes horse transport.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Terry & Glenis Collins
