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Second Lieutenant Charles SAMS, 11th  Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 7th June 1917.

1901 Census - "The Shop", Freckenham, Suffolk - Henry Sams, head, married, age 44, grocer, shopkeeper, own account, at home, born Stradishall, Suffolk; Elizabeth Sams, wife, married, age 38, born Whitton, Suffolk; George Sams, son, single, age 16, law solicitors clerk, worker, born Snailwell, Cambridgeshire; Christine Sams, daughter, single, age 12, born Snailwell, Cambridgeshire; Marjorie Sams, daughter, single, age 8, born Freckenham, Suffolk; Charles Sams, son, single, age 6, born Freckenham, Suffolk; Frederick Sams, son, single, age 3, born Freckenham, Suffolk; Dorothy Sams, daughter, single, age 1, born Freckenham, Suffolk; Annie L Ollington, niece, single, age 16, born Hacketon, Suffolk; Edward G Woodbridge, servant, single, age 27, pork butcher & assistant, worker, born Exning, Suffolk.

1911 Census - Messrs Marshall & Snelgrove, 16 Marylebone Lane, 334 & 348 Oxford Street, London EC - Charles Sams, clerk, age 16, single, drapers clerk, born Freckenham, Suffolk.

1911 Census - Freckenham, Soham, Cambridgeshire - Henry Sams, head, age 55, married, grocer / dealer, own account, born Stradishall, Suffolk; Elizabeth Sams, wife, age 48, married 26 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, assisting in the business, at home, born Whitton, Suffolk; Marjorie Sams, daughter, age 18, single, assisting in the business, at home, born Freckenham, Suffolk; Frederick Sams, son, age 13, assisting in the business, worker, born Freckenham, Suffolk; Dorothy Sams, daughter, age 11, school, born Freckenham, Suffolk; Annie  Ollington, niece, age 26, single, general help, domestic, born Hacketon, Suffolk.

Buried at Chester Farm Cemetery, I. K. 30., Belgium. Commemorated Freckenham War Memorial.

London Gazette 15th May 1917.

War Office, 15th May, 1917. REGULAR FORCES.

The under mentioned W.Os., N.C.Os., and men to be temporary 2nd Lieutenants  from dates shown:

Serjt. C Sams, from Machine Gun Corps.  -  13th April 1917.