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Pte. Charles Edward Radford
British Army 8th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Ilkeston, Derbyshire
(d.19th Nov 1917)
Charles Radford was the son of Frederick and Sarah Radford living at 52, Graham Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He was killed in Action 19th November 1917 in Belgium and is buried in Solferino Farm Cemetery, near Ypres.
He worked as a miner for the Mapperley Colliery Company, Park Hall Lane, Mapperley, Derbyshire. One of 66 men who died in the First World War from the company. Charles is named on the Mapperley Colliery War Memorial located in the village of West Hallam, Derbyshire, placed near the church gates of St. Wilfrid's church next to the village main war memorial. He is also named on the Ilkeston Cenotaph in Derbyshire.