Theatre

Action/Battle/Other

Battle of St. Julien (Second Battle of Ypres)

Place of Death

nr Wieltje

Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

August 1911 - Commissioned

Regimental Service

2nd Lt Bn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - Commissioned to Lt on 14 Aug 1914

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The Battalion Diary records that the trenches preparatory to an advance were so crowded with Canadian Highlanders that newcomers had to lie out in the open under shell-fire. Charles was one of a large number of men who, as a result of the overcrowding, died on the open ground. His body was never found. This took place during the Battle for St. Julien and although the battalion managed to hold a line NE of Wieltje the battalion suffered very heavy losses during the attempt to capture St. Julien and the actual capture of Hill 60 and by the next day could only muster 250 men.

Area Map	Menin Gate Memorial

Birth Date & Place

Baptism Date & Place

Parents

Capt William George and Isabelle Kathleen Hunter of Pirbright, Surrey

Wife & Marriage

Children

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Occupation(s)

• 1910 - Clerk to the Manager at Triumph Motor Cycles
• 1911 - Army Officer

Schools & Colleges

• St. Chads, Prestatyn
• Christ College, Brecon

Address History

• 1901 - The Elms, Hunningham
• 1911 - The Red Lion, Hunningham
• 1915 - Sunfield, Pirbright, Surrey

Other Information

Imperial War Museum Collection

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