Private Charles Bratt
140179 Machine Gun Corps
Died of influenza 24th November 1918
Commemorated on the Cameron Mill Memorial
Buried in Providence Chapel Cemetery Loveclough

Charles was born at Clowbridge,a village barely a mile towards Burnley from Loveclough. His mother Margaret was a widow and in 1911 both he, his mother, and his two sisters and two brothers were living in Brief street Burnley. He died at number 15 Milner Street Burnley and his occupation in civilian life was a Cotton Warehouseman. Charles died not quite two weeks after the signing of the Armitice, and was the result of contracting Lobar Pneumonia, attributed to the Spanish Flu epedemic that was prevalent at that time, and went on to kill more people globally than were lost in the First World War!. Charles also had two brothers who served, Alfred, and Moses, who both served with the East Lancashire Regiment and were both medically discharged

(Courtesy of David Drury)

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