Bromley War Memorial

Parents: Joseph & Harriet Allington (nee Cant)
Parents' occupation: Farm Labourer
Siblings: William, Arthur Henry, Agnes Jane, Ernest Albert, Charlotte, James (Edgar), Joseph
Wife: Kate Turner
Marriage date: 1905
Children: Winifred May, Leslie Rundle Charles, Kathleen Emma (d), Kitty

Census information

1911
Address: 34 North Road

Extra details

Charles was the 4th of the eight children of Joseph and Harriet Allington. He was baptised on 10th March 1869 in Stratford St Mary, Suffolk.

He joined the army in about 1885, serving for some years in India with the Suffolk Regiment. On the outbreak of the South African War he joined the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment and went out with the first contingent of the Bromley Volunteers. Having left the Royal West Kents early in 1914 he enlisted in the Army Service Corps and went to France attached to the Royal Engineers. He was invalided home in January 1915 suffering from rheumatic fever but on returning fit to the Front was gassed in May 1917. This resulted in his discharge from the army in August 1917. Awarded Silver Badge 4th October 1917).

Charles and his family moved to Ramsgate in May 1918 when he was then given a post as a Chief Inspector at the port of Richborough, but he was forced to retire in May 1919 due to ill health.

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