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10 February 1917: Pte Charles Edward Houldsworth

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Charles was one of six children of Henry (a nail maker) and Ann Houldsworth.  Age 13 Charles was a spinner in a mill. A slight man, a fitter before the war, 5ft 5/2 and weighing only 129 lbs (9 stone) on enlistment on 9 September 1916, into the 3rd Bn Yorks and Lancs, he deserted six weeks later on 22 October. He returned to attend Keighley War…