Charles Wilson Else
Charles Wilson Else married Mary Bagshaw in 1918. After
the marriage he returned to fight in France where he was
killed on 22 Mar 1918.
Prior to serving in the army Charles had been a colliery
labourer above ground in Staveley.
Charles served in the British Army as a Private (Signaller)
and started fighting in Western France on 27 Jul 1915.
For his service and ultimate sacrifice he was awarded the
1915 Star, the British War and Victory Medals.
1921 Census
In 1921 the parents Edwin and Lauretta Bagshaw were living in the same house with their widowed daughter, Mary.
Edwin Winterbottom Bagshaw
Head
62
Married
Fettler Pipe - Staveley Coal & Iron Company Coal Iron Coke Bridge Product
Lauratta Elizabeth Bagshaw
Wife
62
Married
House Hold Duties
Mary
Else
Daughter
22
Widow
Fuse Maker - Patent Elec Shot Firing Comp - Out of Work
Brimington Common’s South Moor Road in the early 1900s. It is now the current
Manor Road. In the distance are Westmoor and Eastmoor Roads. The common
wasn’t enclosed until the 1840s and 1850s; the land was then allocated to local
landowners. At this time the recreation ground was created for the benefit of
parishioners. The houses on the right probably date to the first phase of
building along the common, in the 1850s and 1860s. Somewhere beyond them
was a short-lived beerhouse, about which little is known