Charles Edward / Edwin Macey.

Date of birth:                  1896Place of birth:                 Shirley, Southampton
Service No.:                     9469
Rank:                                   Private
Regiment / Division:   Hampshire Regiment
Died:                                    18^th 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.23^rd April 1917 (war casualty)
Gladys Winifred b.3^rd February 1898 d.March1985 (didn’t marry)
Violet Georgina b.1900 d.1903
Maggie b.1904, married Stewart Park in 1928
Ruth Elizabeth b.8^th 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

Charles is Remembered with Honour at the Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey (Gallipoli)

“Macey, Pte. Charlie Edward 9469. 2^nd Bn. Hampshire Regt. 18^th 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.