1304, Private, 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
Charles William Stubbins was born on 16th February 1890, Queen Street, Winterton, and was the son of Joseph Shacklock & Hannah Maria STUBBINS. In 1891 he was living with his parents in Queen Street, Winterton, but by 1901 the family had moved to 2 Claude Terrace, Sculcoates, Hull. In 1911 Charles and his parents were living in 4 Carlisle Street, Gainsborough.
Charles enlisted in Gainsborough and is listed on the 1914-15 Winterton Roll of Honour as being in the 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
He entered France on 1st March 1915, but was killed in action on 20th May 1915, aged 25, on the same day as Jack Parrott and James Emerson Proctor. Charles is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
His Medal Index Card shows that he was posthumously awarded the 1915 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Photos: by kind permission of Lynne Thompson, great niece of Charles William Stubbins.
Charles William Stubbins was born on 16th February 1890, Queen Street, Winterton, and was the son of Joseph Shacklock & Hannah Maria STUBBINS. In 1891 he was living with his parents in Queen Street, Winterton, but by 1901 the family had moved to 2 Claude Terrace, Sculcoates, Hull. In 1911 Charles and his parents were living in 4 Carlisle Street, Gainsborough.
Charles enlisted in Gainsborough and is listed on the 1914-15 Winterton Roll of Honour as being in the 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
He entered France on 1st March 1915, but was killed in action on 20th May 1915, aged 25, on the same day as Jack Parrott and James Emerson Proctor. Charles is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
His Medal Index Card shows that he was posthumously awarded the 1915 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Photos: by kind permission of Lynne Thompson, great niece of Charles William Stubbins.