His story
Charles Baldwin worked as a grocery porter in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. His wife, Sarah, was his next of kin.
His Army Veterinary Corps service was with the East Anglian Divisional Veterinary Hospital, where he held the rank of private. Charles was 46 when he died on 9 June 1916. He is buried at Bury St. Edmunds.
Before the war
- Occupation
- Grocery Porter
- Residence recorded
- Bury St. Edmunds
- Family
- Sarah Baldwin - wife
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- 510
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- East Anglian Divisional Veterinary Hospital
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 9 June 1916
- Age
- 46
- Place of death
- United Kingdom
- Recorded cause
- Pneumonia
- Cemetery or memorial
- Bury St. Edmunds
- Grave reference
- 35\. 45A.
Connected men
- Herbert Robert POTTERAlso buried at Bury St. Edmunds
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- Research record number: 87
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Charles Baldwin”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/baldwin-charles-510/.
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