Private 49010 Charles Peter Nevill

22nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

Killed in action by a shell in France, 15th November 1915 age 28

Buried Annezin Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France

Awarded 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Son of John and Emma Nevill

Husband of Florence Ellen Nevill (nee Coleman)

Brother of Pte Felix John Nevill

Links to Relevant Information

CWGC page for Pte Nevill

Annezin Cemetery

NNWFHS Coleshill War Memorial Page

Field Ambulance, RAMC

Other Information

1887 Born in Harlaston, Tamworth on 30th September

1891 Census living at Old Toll Gate House, Harlaston Village, Tamworth with parents John and Emma and siblings George, Felix and Nigel. Father employed as a Wheelwright

1901 Census living at Back Lane, Coleshill with parents John and Emma and brothers Felix, Nigel and Ronald. Listed as Peter. Father employed as a Wheelwright

1911 Census living at High Street, Coleshill with parents John and Emma and brothers Nigel and Ronald. Listed as Peter. Employed as a Platelayer. Father employed as a Wheelwright

1913 married Florence Ellen Coleman on 11th August at St John’s Church, Coleshill (as per family tree on Ancestry)

1915 Death reported in Birmingham Daily Post, 13th December, “Mr R.J. Nevill, Maxtock Grange, Lichfield, has received an intimation that his brother, Private Charles Peter Nevill (28), R.A.M.C., has been killed by a shell while returning to an advanced dressing station in France. Deceased, who was a married man, living at Coleshill, enlisted last January, and went out to France in May.”