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40380 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
Charles Crossley was born in Vauxhall, London in 1876, one of five children of Charles and Jane Crossley. By 1881 the family had moved to Sudbury where his father was employed as a manager of the silk power looms at one of the local silk factories. The family lived at 41 Station Road and later moved to 32 East Street.
Charles married Jessie in 1899 they had two children Nora and Harry and lived in Suffolk Road. Charles was employed as a silk mill engineer at Vanner & Fennell’s in Sudbury. Jessie died in 1903 and Charles married Emily in London in 1904. They had two children Charles and Bertram and lived in Queens Road with Nora and Harry.
It is not known when Charles joined the 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment which formed part of 25th Brigade, 8th Division. In 1917 the battalion saw action in the opening phases of the Third Battle of Ypres (31 July – 10 November) at Pilckem Ridge (31 July – 2 August) and Langemarck (16 – 18 August).
Charles was killed in action on 1 December 1917. There is no known grave and he is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, near Ypres, Belgium. A Cross of Remembrance was laid at the Tyne Cot Memorial close to his name in April 2006 and April 2009.
Charles was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
The Suffolk and Essex Free Press reported “He worked as a mechanic at Messrs Fennell’s, silk manufacturer. He had an illness, which compelled him to relinquish work for some time. Latterly he had been manager for Messrs Fortune and Co. He had been a special constable and a member of the VTC. Our sympathy to Mrs Crossley and her family.”
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