Soldiers who Survived
Charles HOLDEN
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Regiment
Rank / Number
Date of Birth
Residence
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South Lancs. 5th Battalion
Private / 4326
1873
Tarbuck Buildings
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Born in 1873, the 1901 Census tells us that Charles was living in Blundells Lane, Rainhill.
However by the time of the 1911 Census, Charles was living with his father, Charles, a coal hewer and his mother Martha. They had had six children, Harry, Charles, John, William, Fred and Martha Jane and they were all living at 1 Tarbuck Buildings, Sutton Road (at this time this was the stretch from the Coach and Horses pub to the Black Horse pub at Eltonhead Road).
He enlisted in September 1915 at the Drill Hall in St Helens and served until January 1919. At the time of enlistment, he was working as a miner at Lea Green Colliery having previously worked as a gardener.
His records show that prior to enlistment he was already in the Territorial Army and that he had some involvement in the transport of horses, although whether this was in England where he served for twelve months is unclear.
However by the time of the 1911 Census, Charles was living with his father, Charles, a coal hewer and his mother Martha. They had had six children, Harry, Charles, John, William, Fred and Martha Jane and they were all living at 1 Tarbuck Buildings, Sutton Road (at this time this was the stretch from the Coach and Horses pub to the Black Horse pub at Eltonhead Road).
He enlisted in September 1915 at the Drill Hall in St Helens and served until January 1919. At the time of enlistment, he was working as a miner at Lea Green Colliery having previously worked as a gardener.
His records show that prior to enlistment he was already in the Territorial Army and that he had some involvement in the transport of horses, although whether this was in England where he served for twelve months is unclear.