Reginald Charles Charlton
Surname: Charlton
Other names: Reginald Charles
Locations in this story: Donhead St. Andrew, WiltshireIslington, LondonPortsmouth, HampshirePaddington, LondonMere, WiltshireWood Green, Middlesex
Story: Reginald Charles Charlton was born in Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire, on 30 Sep 1881 and baptised there on 6 Nov 1881 the son of Henry Charlton, a Schoolmaster, and Abigail Charlton (nee Howell). He lived his early life in Lower Street, Donhead St. Andrew, until by 1901 he had moved to Islington, London, where he was boarding out whilst working as a Warehouseman. He married May Henley in Portsmouth, Hampshire, in 1911. He enlisted with the Royal Naval Air Service on 25 May 1916 (Service No. F15038) and later transferred to the newly formed Royal Air Force on 1 Apr 1918 with Service No. 215038. He served in the UK only and was eventually discharged on 15 Feb 1919. Whilst no medal records can be found he would have qualified for the British War Medal at least. By the 1921 Census his wife and two children were registered at 140 Albert Road, Wood Green, Middlesex, but no mention of Reginald can be found. His wife regrettably died in 1923 in the same year their son also died. By the time of the 1939 Register Reginald had moved to 85 Waverley Walk, Paddington, London. He remarried Kathleen Keating in the Mere, Wiltshire, Registry area in 1942. He died in Mere in 1948.
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