South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Arras Memorial |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After 1 Jan 1916 | ~ | Alderminster | Ettington | Hatton Memorial Cross |
| Hatton Holy Trinity | Warwick St. Pauls | Warwick War Memorial | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted Date | |
| Battle of Arleaux (Arras) | 11 Aug 1914 at Warwick | Military Service |
| 11 Aug 1914 - Depot Battalion | ||
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | 23 Aug 1914 - 9th Battalion |
| Greenland Hill, Arras | Pte 2464 Warwickshire Yeomanry | 23 Oct 1914 - Discharged (medically unfit) |
| Pte 267952 - 7th Battalion RWR | May 1915 - re-enlisted |
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
On April 28th 1917 the battalion was involved in the attack on enemy lines at Greenland Hill and the war diary entry is as follows "4.20am Battn in position to attack GREENLAND HILL :- Front line D Coy right and B Coy left in Clasp Trench from 1.7.a.3 to I.7.a.7.0 in touch with 8th East Lancs on right and 42 Middlesex on left. Second line A Company right and C coy left in jumping off I.7.a.3.3 and I.7.a.4.0. Battn HQ at H.12.b.9.3.Zero 4.25am Battn advanced. After going about 100 yds the right front Coy (D Coy) commenced to make a left incline with the object of filling a gap which had occured between us and the 6th Bdge on our left. B Coy conformed to this movement. As both the officers with the leading Coys became casualties immediately after, a few men lost direction and became mixed up with the 11th Bde. The remainder advanced but owing to the fact that all officers and senior NCO's, with the exception of two sergeants, were either killed or wounded the battn became very scattered. Detached parties with Lewis Guns occupied a general line 300-400 yds east of Cuba Trench overlapping 63rd Bde on the left and the remainder of this Bde (112th) on the right. Battn remained in this position until relieved by the 10th Argyle + Sutherland Highlanders just before daybreak on the 29th April."
Charles is listed as being killed on the 29th but as the Battalion were moved out of the line at daybreak on the 29th he was most likely killed overnight on the 28th/29th.
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| Trench Map | Arras Memorial |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Bapitsm Date/Place |
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| Apr Qtr 1891 at Wilmcote | |
| Parents Names | Parents Abode |
| George Albert and Ann Elizabeth Waters | Hatton |
| Wife & Marriage Date/Place | Children & Year of Birth |
| Jane Elizabeth Waters nee Jones | Hilda Winifred Waters born 25 Jun 1916 |
| Oct Qtr 1915 at Stratford on Avon | |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1891 - 1901 - Wilmcote | 1901 - school age |
| 1911 - Ettington | 1911 - Groom |
| 1914 - Hatton | 1914 - Groom |
