Christopher Charles North

I am very interested in my family history and I thought I would share some
of my findings with you to-day.
I want to tell you about my great uncle Christopher Charles North.

Christopher was born in Queniborough, Leicestershire to Sam and Mary North
he was one of a large family. Sam, his father, was a butcher and grazier
in Queniborough where he owned around 100 acres of land. Christopher had a
happy childhood with his brothers and sisters.
When he was in his 20's Christopher met a young lady called Nellie Burditt.
Nellie lived in Great Bowden also in Leicestershire, her father was the
publican at the village pub called the Red Lion and he was called David
Burditt.

Anyway Christopher and Nellie married in 1908 and went to live in
a cottage opposite the pub on Main Street. They had a daughter who
was also called Nellie after mother.

Christopher like so many young men of that time went off to France & Flanders
in the first World War and never returned. He was killed on the 29th April 1918.