Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Charles Edward Armstrong

 

Gender: Male

Date and Place of Birth: 22nd May 1896, Gateshead

Date and Place of Death: April 1987, Carlisle

 

Nationality: British

 

Childhood: A twin with 4 other siblings born, 4 surviving .

 

Parents: Charles and Mary Ann nee Barras

 

Parent’s occupations: Insurance agent

 

Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K

 

Occupation: General labourer at Glycerin refiner in 1939

 

Place of residence at Gretna: 18 Brewery Row, Carlisle

 

Job title at Gretna: N/K

 

Marital status: Married.

 

Children: N/K

Travels: N/K

Awards/recognitions: N/K

 

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Charles Edward Armstrong was born on 22nd May 1896 at Gateshead, Durham to Charles and Mary Ann nee Barras.

 

1901- living at 9 Villa Place, Gateshead. A twin boy plus another brother. Father an insurance agent.

 

1911- at Bay Horse Lane, Carlisle. 2 rooms. A stationer’s errand boy. Father a commission agent. 6 children born, 4 surviving

 

December 1915 – attested to Border Regiment. Address 18 Brewery Row, Carlisle. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps.

 

1st October 1917 – service record indicates he was charged with “not complying with having mosquito net properly closed. Caught malaria and sent home.”

 

1917 onwards employed at H M Factory Gretna.

 

1919 – address was still Brewery Row.

 

1921 – in Carlisle. Charles Edward, Charles, Mary Ann and 2 others are on the record. Charles listed as an ex-Gretna worker.

 

1939 – living in Bristol. Documented as married but no wife listed. A Glycerin Refiners general labourer

 

April 1987 – died in Carlisle aged 90.

 

 

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