Name
Charles James Devereaux
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pirton School Memorial
Biography
Charles James Devereaux appears on the School War Memorial, confirming that he attended the school. Parish and census records suggest only one man of this name who could have served. They identify a Charles Joseph Devereux (note the different spelling of Devereux and the different middle name). However, there are errors on the School War Memorial, so it is possible that this is another and that they are the same man. If so, then he was born June 27th 1900 and the son of Joseph, a grocer and cowman born in Shefford, and Jane Devereaux (née Chamberlain) born in Pirton, but lately of 91 Dunham Rd, Finsbury Park (in 1900). Charles would have only been fourteen at the outbreak of war, so if he is the right man, he is unlikely to have served until late in the war. Baptism and census records list five children: Charles James (b 1900), Annie (b c1903), Maisie (b c1907) and Constance (b c 1909) and Constance Mildred (b 1908). It is believed that another daughter, Cosa Megan was born on October after the 1911 census.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
