Chailey Parish Magazine first mentions C Frampton in December 1915 as a lance-corporal serving with the Army Service Corps.  In January 1916 it notes that he is in France.  L-Corpl C Frampton, ASC then appears in all issues up to and including December 1917 after which there is no further information.

 

C Frampton is possibly Charles Frampton who appears on the 1901 census of England and Wales as a 23 year old boarder living at South Common, Chailey.  His place of birth is given as “Not Known” and his occupation appears to be “Groom not domestic”.

 

It is possibly the same Charles Frampton who appears on the 1891 census as a 13 year old living at 56 Bevenbridge in the Parish of St John’s, Lewes.  Here his place of birth is given as Wimborne, Dorset and the household comprises his father, Edward Frampton (aged 41, working as a brickmaker), his mother, Mary Frampton (aged 51), his brother William Frampton (aged 11) and his sister Mercy E J Frampton (aged eight).  There is also a lodger, Walder Newnham, aged 54, a labourer in a brickyard.  It is possible that Walder and Edward Frampton worked at the brickyard in Chailey.

 

The family was essentially from Dorset.  Edward was born in Longham, Dorset and the rest of the family, with the exception of Mercy, were born in Wimborne.  Mercy alone was born in Sussex, at Crawley.  Walder Newnham was from Buxted, Sussex.

 

 

Sources and Acknowledgements

 

• 1891 Census of England and Wales
• 1901 Census of England and Wales
• Chailey Parish Magazine