Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Bagneux British Cemetery | II. C. 2. Gezaincourt | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.130 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 60D GQS | |
| 4. Memorial: | Warwickshire Masonic Memorial | Erdington | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Henry Isaac and Eliza Brockley Mott, of East Finchley, London.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 28th Battalion London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) |
1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist's Rifles) August 1914 : at Dukes Road, Euston Road. Army Troops attached to 2nd London Division. Moved on mobilisation to St Albans area. 28 October 1914 : left Division and moved to France. Established as an Officers Training Corps based at Bailleul, going in April 1915 to St Omer. 28 June 1917 : transferred to 190th Brigade in 63rd (Royal Naval) Division. |
| Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
Detail :
An article commissioned by the BBC investigating the work of Elgar reports of the discovery in 2009 of a lost set of songs called Fringes of the Fleet. The work was a Kipling inspired morale booster and hugely popular around the music halls. Charles Mott played lead baritone in this venture. His capability is described as "one of the finest singers of his generation".
"Elgar and his wife had no son, but Elgar had grown close to Charles Mott, the lead baritone in the Fringes of the Fleet. In 1917 Mott was called up, and had to miss the Fringes provincial tour. On 22 May 1918 he died of wounds sustained two days earlier in fighting at the Front"
Charles is interred in Grave 2, Plot 11, Row C of Bagneux Military Cemetery, near Doullens in northern France.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Mozart No. 3735 E.C. | Warwickshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
19th March 1915 | - | - |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley