Charles Alfred Mordey (1896-1918)
Sunderland man served with 20th DLI father was also killed
Charles Alfred Mordey, the son of Charles Alfred and Catherine Mordey, was born in Sunderland in July 1896. He had four brothers and five sisters and lived in Sunderland until he enlisted in the 20th Battalion Durham Light Infantry in his home town on 28 October 1915. He landed in France on 5 May 1916 but was repatriated a year later, suffering from dysentry. In June 1916 he returned to France but was then shipped to Italy where he arrived on 17 November 1917. He returned to France four months later and was killed in the second Battle of Ypres on 10 May 1918, almost exactly a year after his father. He is buried in the ‘Perth’ or ‘China Wall’ Cemetery in Ypres and commemorated in the Durham Cathedral and Sunderland Books of Remembrance.
Civil Parish: Bishopwearmouth Without
Birth date: 1896
Death date: 11-May-1918
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: 10 New Grey Street, Sunderland (1901 census)
16 Hetton Street, Sunderland (1911 census & British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920)
Employment: Apprentice Bottle Maker (1911 census)
Labourer (British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920)
Family: Father: Charles Alfred Mordey
Mother: Catherine Mordey (nee Howe)
Siblings: Maria Jane, Evelyn, John, Edith, Wilfred, Esther, William, Ernest & Catherine Mordey
Military service:
Enlisted on 28 October 1915 in 20th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
Regimental no.: 20/678
Private
Medal(s): British War Medal
Victory Medal
Memorial(s): Durham Cathedral DLI Book of Remembrance
Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland 1914-1918 Book of Remembrance
‘Perth’ or ‘China Wall’ Cemetery, Ypres, Plot 2, Row ‘A’, Grave 31
Gender: Male
Contributed by John Edwards