Charles Edward Perkin

   Cause of his death was Killed in Action - W.W. #1.

  General Information:

There seems to be three different dates for Charles' death - 2 dates that are legally noted and one date that was personally noted by his father, Richard Perkin.

Richard Perkin wrote in a letter to his eldest son Arthur (who lived in Canada) that Charlie died on August 28, 1916.

According to the date on his memorial grave marker in the Bronfay Military Cemetery in France, Charlie died on August 24, 1918.

The official record of Charlie's death in the English Soldiers of the Great War lists Charlie's death as occurring on September 1, 1918.

  Research Information:

U.K. Soldiers Who Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

Name: Charles Edward Perkin
Birth Place: Golden Hill, Staffs
Residence: Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancs
Death Date: 1 Sep 1918
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Battalion: 17th Battalion.
Number: 57147

Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theater of War: Aldershot

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Cemetery: BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME

Country: France

Locality: Unspecified

Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to site possible - maybe by alternative entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our enquiries dept. on 01628 634221.
Location Information: Bray-sur-Somme is a village 8 kilometres south-east of Albert. Bronfay Farm is 3 kilometres north-east of the village on the road to Maricourt and the Cemetery is on the south-east side of the road opposite the farm.

Historical Information:

The cemetery was begun by French troops in October 1914, but little used by them. It was used by Commonwealth troops from August 1915 to February 1917, particularly during the Battle of the Somme, when the XIV Corps Main Dressing station was at the farm. During the retreat and advance of 1918, further burials were made and after the Armistice, graves of March, August and September 1918, were brought in from the fields between Bronfay Farm and Bray. Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery contains 537 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 13 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to two casualties believed to be buried among them. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

  Medical Information:

Casualty Details:

Name: PERKINS
Initials: C E
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Unit Text: 4th Bn.
Date of Death: 24/08/1918
Service No: 295079
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. F. 4.
Cemetery: BRONFAY FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BRAY-SUR-SOMME