Charles Figg (buried 1916)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Figg
First name: 
Charles
Other Christian names: 
James
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
815
Born: 
06/09/1899
Died: 
07/02/1916
Buried: 
10/02/1916
Occupation: 
Drapery Errand Boy / Miltary
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
Yes

The Grave

The grave
Charles Figg (buried 1916) headstone
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
6
Cemetery plot: 
9
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
Yes
Headstone description: 
EndowedGrave: Cut grass and keep tidy
Headstone inscription: 
L/11066 Private C.J. FIGG Royal Sussex Regiment 7th February 1916 age 17. "We loved him well, but Jesus loved him best, Thy will be done"
Grave location map
Commonwealth War Grave

This grave is for someone who died in service during World War One or World War Two. It is managed and cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission was established by Royal Charter in 1917. Among its responsibilities are:

  • Marking and maintaining the graves of members of the forces of Commonwealth countries who died in both World War One and World War Two.
  • Maintaining memorials to the dead whose bodies have no known grave.
  • Providing records and registers of these burials and commemorations.

You can read more about the valuable work of the CWGC by going to their website.

Life story

Life story

Charles James Figg born in 1899, was the son of Arthur Albert Figg of Woolbeding, Sussex which is a small village in Chichester, and Mary Ann Merritt of Washington, Sussex. He was the 3rd of 5 children born to Arthur and Mary. These being: George Albert 1895, Edith Elsie 1896, Charles James 1899, Ivy Victoria 1901 and Frank 1907.

His father worked in the Motor trade and his occupation was as a domestic coachman, a chauffeur also a Car Hire owner driver, working with one of his sons Frank.

In 1915 Charles father enlists in the military on April 26th with the Royal Army service corps and is posted to Egypt and is discharged aged 46 in 1918 with sickness.

Charles also in 1915 enlists in the Royal Sussex Regiment which is stationed locally in Sussex. Charles becomes ill with Meningitis and dies at home at the age of 17 while serving with the Regiment.

Burial researcher: 
Gail Warner-Clarkson

Further information

Birth
Gender: 
Male
Date born: 
06/09/1899
Address at birth: 
Worthing, Sussex
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Mary A
Mother's maiden name: 
Merritt
Mother's burial key: 
1766
Mother's year of birth: 
1874
Mother's year of death: 
1943
Father
Father's name: 
Arthur Albert Figg
Father's year of birth: 
1871
Father's year of death: 
1947

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
07/02/1916
Age (at time of death): 
17
Cause of death: 
Meningitis
Address at time of death: 
5 Heene Place, Worthing, Sussex, England
Obituary

World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information - Private L 11006, 3rd Reserve Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. Died of meningitis at home 3 February 1916. Aged 17. Son of Arthur (ASC serving in Egypt) and Mary Figg of 5, Heene Place, Worthing. Born in Worthing and enlisted in Hove Heene Parish Church War Memorial. Buried in St Botolph's Churchyard, Heene, Worthing:

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1901 census: 

Living at 46 Richmond Road, Worthing - with his parents and siblings, George, Edith and Victoria. Charles his father was a Domestic coachman and they shared four rooms in a house with another family

1911 census: 

Living at 5 Heene Place, Worthing - with his parents and siblings George, an Errand boy for a Drapery, Edith is a general domestic servant, Charles and his other siblings were at school