Date of birth: 1896
Place of birth: Shirley, Southampton
Service No.: 9469
Rank: Private
Regiment / Division: Hampshire Regiment
Died: 18th September 1915 aged 20 years
Death Location: Gallipoli
Life before the War
Charles’s father William was born in 1876 in Gibraltar into a military family he died in 1952.
His mother Fanny Elizabeth nee Masters was born in 1875 Shirley, Southampton and died in 1951.
William married Fanny Elizabeth in 1894. Frederick was the eldest child and had nine siblings:
Frederick William b.1894 d.23rd April 1917 (war casualty)
Gladys Winifred b.3rd February 1898 d.March1985 (didn’t marry)
Violet Georgina b.1900 d.1903
Maggie b.1904, married Stewart Park in 1928
Ruth Elizabeth b.8th March 1906, married Charles W Bruton in 1929, d.2000
Blanche b.1908 d.1940 (didn’t marry)
In the 1901 census, the Macey family were living at 28, Regent Street, Shirley, Southampton. William was a General Labourer.
In the 1911 cesus the family were now at 1, Didcot Road. William was still employed as a General Labourer and sons Frederick and Charles were both Butchers.
War Service
| Name: | Charles Edwin Macey |
| Birth Place: | Shirley, Hants |
| Residence: | Shirley, Hants |
| Death Date: | 18 Sep 1915 |
| Death Location: | Gallipoli |
| Enlistment Location: | Winchester |
| Rank: | Private |
| Regiment: | Hampshire Regiment |
| Battalion: | 2nd Battalion |
| Number: | 9469 |
| Type of Casualty: | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War: | Balkan Theatre |
Charles is Remembered with Honour at the Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey (Gallipoli)
“Macey, Pte. Charlie Edward 9469. 2nd Bn. Hampshire Regt. 18th Sept., 1915. Age 20.
Son of William and Fanny Elizabeth Macey, of 1, Didcot Rd., Shirley Southampton. Reference II. A. 8”
Charles was entitled to the 1914 Star, the General Service and Victory Medals.
