Born: 14th April 1914.
Story
Charles Alexander Plows was the son of Alexander Plows (1871-1959) and Jane Biscomb (1872-1949) of Butt Hill, who were married in Kippax on 1st January 1895. Charles was living at Oak Mount, Tatefield Grove in 1939 with his parents, and was a Colliery Clerk working in the sales department. His eldest brother, Walter Harland Plows (1895-1950) served in the Grenadier Guards during the First World War, but was imprisoned several times for theft after the war. Charles had two other brothers, Dennis, who was Secretary of the Kippax United Methodist Church, and John Biscomb Plows, who was a school teacher, and coach of the famous Kippax Utd football team of the 1930s, as well as being a talented wicket-keeper batsman. Charles himself played cricket for Kippax, and he moved to Headingley with his wife, Minnie Bell (1909-1998) whom he married in 1940.
During the War, Charles was mentioned in Despatches for his work in the Normandy fighting in 1944, and he was badly wounded at the end of July 1944. Returning to light duties in 1945, he drove the car of the Commanding Officer of the 15th Scottish Division in France, who at the time was Lieutenant General Sir Colin Muir Barber (1897-1964), who was 6 ft 9” tall, and nicknamed “Tiny” (pictured below):
Charles passed away in Scarborough in 1990.
Kippax Roll of Honour 