Will O'Brien Posted 9 September , 2004 Share Posted 9 September , 2004 As per CWGC Name: NORMAN, CHARLES ERIC Initials: C E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Airman 1st Class Regiment: Royal Flying Corps Unit Text: Main Wings, 13th Sqdn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 09/09/1916 Service No: 2422 Additional information: Son of Charles and Dora Ellen Norman, of Somersham, St. Ives, Hunts. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 24. Cemetery: AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 9 September , 2004 Author Share Posted 9 September , 2004 & the cemetery info Cemetery: AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Location Information: Aubigny-en-Artois is a village approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol (N39). From the N39 turn onto the D75 towards the village of Aubigny-en-Artois. The Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village, and the Extension is behind it. Historical Information: From March 1916 to the Armistice, Aubigny was held by Commonwealth troops and burials were made in the extension until September 1918. The 42nd Casualty Clearing Station buried in it during the whole period, the 30th in 1916 and 1917, the 24th and 1st Canadian in 1917 (during the capture of Vimy Ridge by the Canadian Corps) and the 57th in 1918. The extension now contains 2,771 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and seven from the Second World War. There are also 227 French burials made prior to March 1916, and 64 German war graves. The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. No. of Identified Casualties: 3067 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gord97138 Posted 10 September , 2004 Share Posted 10 September , 2004 Will: From the 1901 census: gordon Name Age in 1901 Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish County Ethel Kong 13 Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England Visitor Chesterton Cambridgeshire Nellie Kong 16 Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England Servant Chesterton Cambridgeshire Charle Norman 37 Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England Head Chesterton Cambridgeshire Charles Norman 4 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Son Chesterton Cambridgeshire Dora Norman 32 Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England Wife Chesterton Cambridgeshire Edman Norman 1 Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England Son Chesterton Cambridgeshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 10 September , 2004 Share Posted 10 September , 2004 'Airmen Died' doesn't tell us much about the circumstances of AMI Norman's death, other than that he 'died from injuries'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff brown Posted 10 September , 2004 Share Posted 10 September , 2004 The airman appears on the Somersham memorial in Cambs (formerly Hunts). He died in a motorcyle accident. go to... www.roll-of-honour.com/Huntingdonshire/Somersham.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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