Charles Bourner
Sergeant 31108, 282nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Enlisted Croyden. Killed in Action 7th August 1917 aged 26 years. Buried Maple Leaf Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium .
Born Leigh, Kent in 1891. Residence Tonbridge. Fifth son of James and Charlotte Bourner, Forge Square, Leigh, Kent . According to the 1891 and 1901 census there were six sons and three daughters. Three sons were killed in the War.
1891 Census – Bourner Family
RG12/675; Folio 190; Page 11; HSN 77 – The Cottage, (Next to Kennards Farm)
James W | Head | 36 | Gardener (Domestic) | Kent Tonbridge |
Charlotte | Wife | 39 | Kent, Wye | |
John | Son | 10 | Scholar | Kent,Leigh |
Ernest | Son | 8 | Scholar | Kent,Leigh |
Louisa | Dau | 6 | Scholar | Kent,Leigh |
Sarah | Dau | 5 | Scholar | Kent,Leigh |
Robert | Son | 4 | Scholar | Kent,Leigh |
James | Son | 2 | Kent,Leigh | |
Mary | Dau | 6/12 | Kent,Leigh |
1901 Census – Bourner family (transcribed as BOWRNER)
R13/ 750 page 6 HSN 40 – Coachmans House, The Cottage, (Next to Kennards Farm)
James W | Head | 46 | Gardener (Domestic) | Kent Tonbridge |
Charlotte | Wife | 48 | Kent, Wye | |
Ernest | Son | 18 | Groom (Domestic) | Kent,Leigh |
Robert | Son | 14 | Farm Labourer | Kent,Leigh |
James | Son | 12 | Kent,Leigh | |
Mary | Dau | 10 | Kent,Leigh | |
Charles | Son | 9 | Kent,Leigh | |
Frank | Son | 4 | Kent,Leigh |
Two brothers James and Frank were also killed in the war. See seperate entries.
Remembered on the Leigh War Memorial.