Private 39225 Charles Edward SHAKESPEARE

Private 39225 Charles Edward Shakespeare{gallery}Pte C E Shakespeare{/gallery}33rd Company, Machine Gun Corps. Formerly 11041 South Staffordshire Regiment

Died of wounds in: France and Flanders, 28th October 1916, aged 29. 

• Buried: Couin British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave IV.C.18
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Walter and Mary Ann Shakespeare of 27 Bridge Street, Polesworth [1918]
• NNWFHS Memorial: Polesworth St Editha
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Shakespeare
• NNWFHS Polesworth War Memorial Page
• Couin British Cemetery
• Machine Gun Corps

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1887 in Polesworth.
  
• Employed as a coal miner
  
• Lived at Linthouse Farm, Birchmoor [1911]