CHARLES FREDERICK ARMER
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG”: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Born: 1878, Netteswell Cross, Essex.
Baptised: 22nd June 1879, at St. Andrew’s Church, Netteswell Cross, Essex.
Died on or since death presumed: 3rd May 1917; age 39; KiA.
Residence: 77, Surbiton Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: Postman – General Post Office
Enlistment Location: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 31166
Regiment: Bedfordshire Regiment, 7th Battalion.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Memorial Reference:
Bay 5.
Pas de Calais,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Husband of A. M. Armer, of 77, Surbiton Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1881 Netteswell Cross, Essex.
Charles was 2 years old and living with his mother & siblings.
Jane Armer (nee Palmer), 42, born Harlow, Essex.
George Armer, 16, an Agricultural Labourer, born Harlow.
Annie Jane Armer, 11, born Netteswell Cross.
Alfred James Armer, 9, born Netteswell Cross.
Henry Armer, 6, born Netteswell Cross.
1891 Netteswell Cross, Essex.
Charles was 11 years old and living with his widowed mother & siblings.
Jane, 53, a Laundress – own account.
Annie, 21, a Laundress – own account.
Henry, 15, a Core Maker – Iron Foundry.
1901 Netteswell Cross, Essex.
Charles was 21 years old, a Rural Postman. He was living with his widowed mother.
Jane, 65, a Letter Carrier.
1911 77, Surbiton Road, Ipswich.
Charles was 31 years old, a Postman for the General Post Office. He was living with his wife.
Alice, 27.
In 1908, in Ipswich, Charles married Alice Maud Berry, born May 1883, Wellington Street, Ipswich – daughter of John Berry, a town postman for the G.P.O., and Jane Berry (nee Lockwood), a laundress – own account, of 41, Windsor Road, Ipswich.
Charles’s father was James Armer, born 1831, Harlow, Essex.
His mother, Jane Armer, died on the 8th April 1917 in Ipswich and was buried in Section D, Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Soldiers’ Effects to Alice M. Armer – widow.
Charles is also remembered on the war memorial at the Royal Mail Centre, Commercial Road, Ipswich.
2 Comments
I am so happy to see my Great, Great uncle here on this page.
To also have his facts recorded with accuracy, he has not been forgotten.