Name
Charles Head
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
94395
Machine Gun Corps
222nd Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pirton School Memorial
Biography
Charles appears on the School War Memorial, confirming that he attended the school. Parish records suggest only one man of this name who could have served, and he was born on March 8th 1893 to David and Elizabeth Head. In all it would appear that three brothers served and survived - refer to Albert Head for more family details.
He is recorded twice in the Parish Magazine: in October 1914 as being in the 1st Hertfordshire Territorials, and in September 1915 as enlisting in 1914 after July, and serving in the 9th Middlesex Regiment. He would have been about twenty-one when he joined up. The Hertfordshire Express of November 11th 1914 also suggests that he was serving in the Middlesex Territorials, so his exact regiment may be uncertain. However, by 1918, he was Private 94395, 222nd Company of the Machine Gun Corps, with his home address as 3 Andrew’s Cottages (the three cottages at the bottom of the High Street). His father, David, died in 1915, while he was serving.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission.
