Paul Heatherington has submitted the following:-
Joseph was born in the summer of 1892 in Snows Green. His father was Anthony Charlton, a coal miner, born in Ebchester. His mother’s name was Jane Ann (née Emmerson), born in Kyhoe, near Lanchester. They were married in 1870. Joseph was the seventh child in his family. His older siblings were named: Elizabeth, Margaret, Minnie, Eleanor, Anthony and Ernest.
Anthony and Jane always lived at Snows Green, initially at number 34 and, later, at number 19 and number 30. In 1911 they were at 24 Snows Green Road and Anthony was an apprentice joiner.
Joseph served in the army from the 10th January 1914 to the 3rd March 1919, initially as 350170 Private Charlton in the Durham Light Infantry. He was later transferred as Lance Corporal to the South Staffordshire Regiment. He was badly wounded in France on the 3rd October 1918 with shrapnelwounds to his legs, hands and arms. He was transported by field ambulance and ambulance train and was taken eventually to the Black Fell Sanatorium, near Birtley.
He was discharged from the army as ‘no longer fit to serve’.Joseph died of tuberculosis in the home of his sisters at Snows Green on the 9th June 1920, having been transferred there from the sanatorium. He is buried at Blackhill Cemetery.
Margaret and Minnie Charlton were still living at 24 Snows Green Road in 1939.
Joseph Charlton is remembered at Shotley Bridge on S27.01 and S27.03
There is no CWGC entry for Joseph Charlton.