Charles Ernest Arbuthnot Pullan (1894 - 1915)

Born 9 Feb 1894 in Catford, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 30 Dec 1915 at age 21 in France

• Roll of Honor
• Killed in Action

2nd Lieut. Charles Pullan was Killed in Action during World War I.

Biography

Charles Ernest Arbuthnot Pullan was born in 1894.^[1] He was the son of Ernest Poppelwell Pullan and Mary Helena Arbuthnot.

He lived with his parents and siblings in Lewisham, London, England. He was educated at the King's School Canterbury from September 1908 to July 1913, where he was appointed as a school monitor in September 1912, was elected to the committee of the Debating Society on the 26th of January 1912 and was their Vice President from September 1912 until he left the school.

Second Lieutenant Charles Pullan served in the British Army in World War I
Service started:
Unit(s): Durham Light Infantry
Service ended: 30 December 1915

Tragically he was Killed in action on 30 December 1915, aged 21. He is commemorated on the war memorial at Blackheath Football Club.

Probate:

Event Date: 10 March 1916

Event Place (Original): Kent, United Kingdom

Death Date: 30 December 1915

Beneficiary's Name: Ernest Popplewell Pullan^[2]

Burial

Houplines Communal Cemetery Extension, Houplines, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. PLOT: II. B. 36.^[3]

INSCRIPTION:

THAT WHICH HE HAD THAT HE GAVE

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. From "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006." Database. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : 2012. Citing General Register Office, Southport, England. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FSX-S9N
2. ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 27 January 2020. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLD-KWB9
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24179869

• Table M

• "Commonwealth War Graves Commission" CHARLES ERNEST ARBUTHNOT PULLAN, HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION II. B. 36. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/281144/pullan,-charles-ernest-arbuthnot/

• "UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919" Name: Charles Ernest Arbuthnot Pullan Death Date: 30 Dec 1915 Rank: 2 Lieutenant (T) : Durham Light Infantry Battalion: 16th Battalion Type of Casualty: Killed in action Ancestry uk Record UKsoldiersGreatWar #1025248

• http://www.hambo.org/kingscanterbury/view_man.php?id=216

• https://www.everyoneremembered.org/profiles/soldier/281144/

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1901." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 21 May 2019. From "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census." Database and images. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : n.d. Citing PRO RG 13. The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X98G-QVL

• "England and Wales Census, 1911." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 1 August 2019. From "1911 England and Wales census." Database and images. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : n.d. Citing PRO RG 14. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWR6-S7Y