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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| Gallipoli | 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Alexandria (Chatby) Military & War Memorial Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 11 Dec 1915 at Cape Helles | ~ | Cubbington |
| Knowle Soldiers Chapel | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Knowle War Memorial |
| Gallipoli Campaign | After 10 January 1915 | |
| Other War Memorials | ||
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| 21 General Hospital, Alexandria | ~ | |
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
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Charles is listed as dying of wounds on Sunday 9th January 1916. Medical records show that he was admitted aboard HMHS Assaye on 4 Jan 1916 with gunshot wounds to the thigh and died 5 days later at 21 General Hospital, Alexandria. We cannot tell from the war diary exactly when he was wounded and where he was treated before being transferred to the Hospital Ship. Charles had been taking part in the rearguard defense of the withdrawal from Cape Helles which brought the Gallipoli Campaign to an end. The war diary states that the battalion occupied trenches at Cape Helles on 31 Dec 1915. The war diary (very brief) entries for the period 31 Dec 1915 to 4 Jan 1916 are transcribed below in full along with an extract from the book The Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment by C. L. Kingsford. War Diary EntriesCape Helles - 1915 Dec 31st: Occupation of trenches. Casualties Officers nil, OR wounded 3, sick 1. Effective strength Officers 13 OR 548. Cape Helles - 1916 Jan 1st: Occupation of trenches. Casualties Officers nil, OR nil. Effective strength Officers 13 OR 515. Cape Helles - 1916 Jan 2nd: Occupation of trenches. Lieut Woodard to Hospt sick. Casualties OR Killed 1 Sick 2 Cape Helles - 1916 Jan 3rd: Occupation of trenches. Lieut Watts H J wounded. Casualties OR Wounded 3 Sick 1 Cape Helles - 1916 Jan 4th: Occupation of trenches. As previous day. Casualties OR Wounded 1. END Book ExtractThe Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment by Charles Lethridge Kingsford [After] "10 days of welcome rest and peace followed at Lemnos and then on December 28 the Royal Warwickshire was sent to help in the evacuation of Helles. They landed once more near the River Clyde and marched up to hold the same trenches which they had held five months before, only with rain and mud in place of dust and flies. They were six days in the front line and had six men killed, but when, on the eve of the evacuation the Turks attacked the trenches of the 18th division, the Royal Warwickshire was in reserve. At Cape Helles the 18th Division again furnished the rear guard; though the weather was less favourable and the Turks more active than they had been at Suvla, the evacuation was equally successful. On the night of January 8/9 the last troops embarked and the enterprise of Gallipoli, heroic for endeavour and endurance if not for victory, came to an end". |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Apr Qtr 1872 at Knowle | 4 Aug 1872 at Knowle, St. John |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| John and Ann Day | Knowle |
| Wife & Marriage Date/Place | Children & Year of Birth |
| Emma Day nee Wheeler | John born 1897 | William born 1899 |
| Oct Qtr 1896 in Solihul district | Dorothy Hilda born 19 Dec 1904 |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1872 - Knowle | 1881 - Scholar |
| 1881 - Common Road, Knowle | 1891 - Under gardener |
| 1891 - Temple Road, Knowle | 1897 - Gardener |
| 1897 - Knowle | 1901 - Stoker at Gas works |
| 1901 - Kenilworth Road, Knowle | 1911 - Builders Labourer |
| 1911 - Queen Street, Cubbington | |
| 1916 - Queen Street, Cubbington |