Born: 15 July 1886, Manchester
Died: January 1972
Buried:
Address: 20 Peterborough Terrace, Eccleshill
Parents: Charles & Harriet
Spouse: Annie, nee Baldwin
Siblings: Harriet, Mary, George, Walter, Elsie, Hilda,
Occupation: Railway Labourer
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Pte
Medals/awards: Mons Ribbon
Rolls of Honour:
Children:
Regiment: Lincolnshire
Charles Bougen
Charles Bougen was born
on 15 July 1886 in
Manchester, the third of
seven children of police
constable Charles
Bougen and his wife
Harriet.
Shortly after his birth the
family moved to the
Bradford area and in
1911 they were living at
20 Peterborough Terrace,
Eccleshill with 24-year-
old Charles working as a railway
labourer.
He married Annie Baldwin at St
Mary’s, Laisterdyke on 5
December 1914 when he
was already a soldier.
The first we read of
Charles in the Shipley
Times & Express on 28
September 1917 is when
he took the place of his
late father at Eccleshill
Parish Church to give
away his sister Elsie to
Gunner Joseph Holden
Fernley of the R.F.A.
The newspaper reported that
Charles “has served in the army 13
years, three of which have been
spent on active service.
“He took part in the Dardanelles
operations and has been wounded
three times.
“The best man was Able-Seaman
Walter Bougen, brother of the
bride, and miss Hilda Bougen,
sister, was the only bridesmaid.”
Missing from the wedding was
another brother, George Henry
Bougen (link below) and the
following month the newspaper
carried a report that he had been
killed in action after a year in the
army and four months at the front.
On 19 April 1918 we read: “Pte
Charles Bougen, of 20 Peterboro’
Terrace, Eccleshill, has been
wounded for the fourth time and is
now in Gravesend Hospital with
wounds in the neck.
“He has the Mons Ribbon.
Attached to the Lincolnshire Regt
he has served 14 years in the
army.”
We have no details of what
happened to Charles after the war
though it would appear that he died
in January 1972.
