Basic Details
Surname
Playford
Forenames
Charles Arthur
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
30028
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 32 Charles Street.

(CWGC records that Private Charles Arthur Playford, regimental number 30028, died on 30/11/1917 serving in 5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Panel 8 of Cambrai Memorial in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that he enlisted in Northampton. The Army registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his widow Mary E Playford was his legatee. Charles marriage to Mary Elizabeth Pywell was registered in Peterborough District in 1911. On the 1911 census Charles and his wife were living with her father George Pywell at 32 Charles Street, Peterborough; Charles was aged 25, and was stated to have been born in Great Yarmouth. Charles Arthur Playford's birth was registered in Yarmouth District in 1886. On the 1891 and 1901 census he had been living with his parents George and Phoebe Ann in Great Yarmouth).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
5th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Cambrai
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
November
Day of death
30
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
32, CHARLES STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial