Charles Henry Hagger – Killed in action, France & Flanders, 18th April 1918, commerated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Lance Corporal, Service No.: 57946, Enlisted – Stepney
Awarded Victory and British War medals.
Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusillers, 9th Battalion (Formerly 51649 Welsh Rgt) – 9th Sept 1914 Formed at Wrexham as part of the Second New Army (K2) then moved to Tidworth to join the 58th Brigade of the 19th Division and then moved to Basingstoke.
Mar 1915 Moved back to Tidworth. 19th July 1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; 1915 –
The Action of Pietre; diversionary action during the Battle of Loos. 1916 – The Battle of Albert, The attacks on High Wood, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge, The Battle of the Ancre Heights, The Battle of the Ancre. 1917 – The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapelle, First Battle of Passchendaele, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918 – The Battle of St Quentin, The Battle of Bapaume, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Bailleul, The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge, The Battle of the Aisne, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre and the passage of the Grand Honelle.

Charles Henry was the second son of Charles Hagger and Elizabeth Eliza (nee Stranack), unfortunately we know little about this family other than Charles father was also a Charles and was a Bricklayer by trade. Charles Henry was born in 1898 in Mile End Old Town, Stepney and was living with his parents at the time of the 1901 and 1911 census at 12 Essian Street, Mile End Old Town.