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Charles Landamore was born in Lockington in Jan 1890, the son of John Thomas (1847-1935), an agricultural labourer, originally from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and Nancy Tomlinson Landamore (nee Thirsk) (1856-1931). Charles had 4 brothers and 4 sisters, some of whom died in infancy. The family lived in the village of Lockington and Charles became a shepherd. In 1911 he was working at Cousins' farm at Kilham and prior to enlistment at the Woods' Farm at Gardham near Cherry Burton. He was unmarried.
Charles enlisted in the Army as a private (No: 16945) at Beverley the 8 Feb 1915 with the 3rd Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment before transferring to the 7th Battalion and left for France in Dec 1915. The Battalion was deployed to the southern bend of the Ypres Salient in Belgium. Charles was killed in action, on the 16 Feb 1916, he is commemorated on the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium. He was posthumously awarded the 1915 Star and the War and Victory medals.
His death was recorded in the Beverley Guardian of 4 Mar 1916, as the first war casualty from Lockington. It also quoted from Charles' last letter to his mother sent on Valentine's Day.
"You must not get down-hearted Mother. I am only one among many you know. I pray that God will keep me safe to return some day. Keep smiling Mother, I am alright up to now, and I hope to keep so. I am doing my duty for God, King and Country. God be with you until we meet again, and bring me safely back to you."
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