Charles King (1918-1971) [4692627, Private, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]
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- born 22 November or December 1918, Huddersfield (registered Q1 1919 Huddersfield)
- son of Thomas Henry King & Sarah (née Hibbert) of Northgate, Almondbury
- employed at British Dyestuffs Corporation
- initially reported missing in Norway in May 1940, later confirmed as a PoW, returned to England in 1945
- married Marjorie Lee Dyson in 1948
- died Huddersfield 1971
Records:
- 1921 Census (FindMyPast)
- PoW Questionnaire (Ancestry):
- enlisted 16 October 1939
- captured 27 April 1940 in Norway
Notes:
- with thanks to Kate Wilson for confirming biographical details [June 2024]
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Huddersfield Examiner 18 May 1940, page 3:
HUDDERSFIELD MEN IN NORWAY FIGHT
Second-Lieut. R. B. Smailes Among Missing
Alderman Thomas Smailes, of Huddersfield, Chairman of the Education and Public Library and Art Gallery Committees, has received an official intimation from the War Office that his son, Second-Lieutenant R. B. Smailes, is reported missing in Norway.
Second-Lieutenant Smailes was in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, which, with other Yorkshire regiments, distinguished themselves by their valiant stand against superior forces in Norway.
Several Huddersfield soldiers have been reported missing in Norway. They belonged to the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and were each twenty-one years of age. They are:
Private E. Harper, son of Mr. Edgar E. Harper, of Westgate, Almondbury.
Private Frank Candler, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Candler, 5a, Back Oak Row, Bradley.
Private C. King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom King, 69, Northgate, Almondbury.
Private Stanley Warner, son of Mrs. Warner, 2 Woodside Cottages, Pymroyd, Milnsbridge.
Private Harper, a much respected member of Zion Methodist Church, Almondbury, joined the Army in October last. Before that he was in the employment of Messrs. W. E. Jowitt, St. John’s Road.
Private Candler, who in civil life worked for Elliott’s Bricks, Ltd., Lepton, played for Bradley United Football Club.
Private King was formerly employed by the British Dyestuffs Corporation.
Private Warner was for two years a conductor on Hanson’s buses. He joined the Army last October, and was home on leave a month ago.
Said to be Prisoner
According to a German wireless announcement, Private W. Cartwright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cartwright, of 68, Longwood Road, Longwood, is a prisoner of war. His parents had earlier received a notification from the War Office that he was missing in Norway. He is twenty-one years of age, and was in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Before going to Norway he had served in France. Second-Lieutenant Smailes was his officer.
Private Cartwright was a member of the second eleven of Dalton Cricket Club. He was employed by Messrs. David Livesey, Crowe Lane Works, Milnsbridge, before joining the Army.
Huddersfield Examiner 8 June 1940, page 6:
NEWS OF SOME LOCAL SOLDIERS
Almondbury Man a Prisoner
News was received on Saturday by Mr. and Mrs. T. King, of Northgate, Almondbury, that their son, Private Charles King, is a prisoner of War in Germany. Private King himself sent the cheerful news on a postcard dated May 12/40 which bore the following foreign location, Lager.-Bezeichnung Stalagxxa (5) Deutschland (Allemagne).
Mr. and Mrs. King had been notified by the War Office that their son was missing in Norway, and nothing further was heard until the arrival of the postcard on Saturday.
Private King, who is twenty-one, in civil life was employed with the British Dyestuffs Corporation.
Huddersfield Examiner 12 May 1945, page 8:
Almondbury Soldier
Private Charles King, of Northgate, Almondbury, has arrived home after being a prisoner of war for over five years. After marching 500 miles form Bromberg, in Poland, to Hagenow, in Germany, he was liberated by the Americans on May 2, 1945.
He was taken prisoner in Norway on April 26, 1940, while serving with the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
He attended the Almondbury Church School and the St. John’s Methodist Sunday School. before joining up he was employed by the I.C.I.
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