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CHARLES, Max
1919 - 1995 (76 years) Has 8 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1880 - 1967 (86 years)-
Name CHARLES, Max Birth 1 May 1919 Farnham Registration District, Surrey 
Gender Male Death 23 Jul 1995 Sutton Registration District, London Person ID I1548 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father CHARLES, George Frederick, b. 1879, Reading Registration District, Berkshire d. 13 Mar 1944, Aldershot, Hampshire, England (Age 65 years) Mother TURNER, Kate, b. 6 Jul 1880, Farnborough, Hampshire d. 1967, Surrey South Western Registration District, Surrey (Age 86 years) Marriage 1904 Hartley Wintney Registration District, Hampshire Family ID F874 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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MAX CHARLES 1919-1995
The birth of a Max CHARLES whose mother's maiden name was TURNER was registered in 1919.
(GRO June Q 1919 Farnham 2a 187)
From the Downing Association Newsletter and College Record 1995-1996:
"Max CHARLES (1944)
Max CHARLES was for twenty-two years a sub-editor for The Times. Born 1 May 1919 in Aldershot, he died on 23 July 1995 at the age of 76. After Aldershot County High School he joined up in the R.A.F. when war was about to start and became a wireless operator/air gunner in a Blenheim squadron. In a raid over France in 1940, he was shot in the hand and lost three fingers. Recovering in Ely, he did some writing about his experiences in the war, and decided that he would become a journalist. An ex-serviceman's grant enabled him to come to Downing, where he read Part 1 English and Part 1 History, graduating in 1947. After Cambridge he worked for several years on provincial papers. In 1954 he went for six years to the editorial staff of the Belfast Newsletter. Then one year with The Telegraph brought him to Fleet Street and he transferred to The Times in 1961. Working his way through the sub-desks, he became revise sub-editor for the last ten years of his working life. He retired in 1984 and spent much of his retirement travelling. He never married and is survived by a brother."
The death of a Max CHARLES whose date of birth was 1 May 1919 was registered in July 1995.
(GRO July 1995 Sutton 2541B B4B 017)
He died on 23 July 1995 at the age of 76 (see above).
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