Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book. 1890; educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1912); joined Special Reserve, King's Shropshire L.I. 4 Nov. 1912, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. 5 Nov. 1914. He was wounded in action at Rue du Bois, Armentières, 23 Oct. 1914, having been chosen by his colonel to hold some advance trenches only 400 yards away from the Germans. Many of his men had fallen round him and he had sent his servant with a message asking for reinforcements, to which the colonel replied on a piece of paper that he was to "hold on." It was while reading this message that he was shot through the head, after which, though partially paralysed and unable to speak clearly, he lay in the trench for eight hours giving orders to his men through his servant, till the latter was also wounded. Two men then volunteered to carry him to the dressing station, which they did under heavy fire. He was at once removed to Boulogne and later to England, and died after a serious operation in King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers, 9, Grosvenor Gardens, London, 10 Feb. 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =James A. M. Charles.=] =CHARLETON, THOMAS HOLT=, Private, No. 19588, Scottish Rifles, 2nd _s._ of James Parker Charleton, of Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, Shipyard Labourer, by his wife, Ann (21, Thomas Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of James Holt, of Oldham; _b._ Southwick-on-Wear, 15 Sept. 1894; educ. National School there; was employed at Pickergill's, Sunderland; enlisted 1 Feb. 1915; went to the Front 2 Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ He was buried on a farm near Loos, just behind the firing line. [Illustration: =Thomas H. Charleton.=] =MUSTARD CHARLETON, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 2254, 7th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Mustard, of Southwick, Bottleblower, by his wife, Jane, dau. of William Charleton, of Southwick; _b._ Southwick-on-Wear, 28 Oct. 1890; educ. National School there; was employed at Priestman's Yard, Sunderland; joined the 7th (Territorial) Battn. of the Durham L.I. 5 May, 1913, but signed on again, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial Service, went to the Front 24 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 24 May, 1915. He _m._ at Sunderland, 5 April, 1913, Alice (16, Ogle Terrace, Southwick-on-Wear), 4th dau. of Samuel Kirkham, of Middlesbro', and had two sons: William, _b._ 23 Sept. 1913, and John, _b._ 28 Feb. 1915. [Illustration: =W. Mustard Charleton.=] =CHARLTON, JOHN RAYWOOD=, Teleg., J. 11054, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =CHARLTON, BENJAMIN DAVID=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 9493, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =CHARLTON, ST. JOHN ALAN=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., only _s._ of St. John Charlton, of Cholmondeley Malpas, co. Chester, Agent to the Marquess of Cholmondeley, by his wife, Elisabeth Bronwen, dau. of the late Hugh Robert Hughes, of Kinmel, co. Derby, and Lady Florentia Emily, née Liddell, dau. of Henry Thomas, 1st Earl of Ravensworth; _b._ Cholmondeley, 17 Nov. 1889; educ. Eton College, and was given a commission in the 4th Special Reserve Battn. of the Bedfords, 2 Dec. 1911. On the declaration of war he volunteered for foreign service, went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Festubert, 26 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Lieut. Charlton was a well-known member of the Cheshire Hunt. [Illustration: =St. John Alan Charlton.=] =CHARMAN, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 1738, 4th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Charman, of 1, Friday Street, Warnham; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 21 Aug. 1915. =CHARMAN, JOSEPH PHILIP=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8880), 194784, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =CHARMAN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. G. 3557, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of William Charman, of 22, Lawnsmead, Wonersh, Guildfield; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 16 May, 1915. =CHARRINGTON, ARTHUR CRAVEN=, Capt., 1st Royal Dragoons, yr. _s._ of the late Nicholas Edward Charrington, of Bures Manor, Reigate, by his wife, Isabella (Offham House, Lewes, co. Sussex), dau. of George Arthur Fuller, of The Rookery, Dorking; _b._ Marden Ash, Ongar, Essex, 17 May, 1882; educ. Eton, where he was a member of Mr. Ainger's House from 1896-1901. On leaving there he joined the Militia of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, whence he was gazetted into the 1st Royal Dragoons, 26 March, 1902, joining the regt. in India in 1903. He was promoted Lieut. 24 June, 1905, and Capt. 12 April, 1910. From Oct. 1911, to Oct. 1912, he was A.D.C. to General Sir O'Moore Creagh, V.C., Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies, having previously acted in the same capacity to Lord Minto and Lord Kitchener. At the time of the outbreak of the European War Capt. Charrington was stationed with his regt. in S. Africa. In Sept. the regt. was ordered home, and within a fortnight of its arrival was sent to France. Capt. Charrington was the first officer of the 1st Dragoons to fall. He was killed 20 Oct. 1914, being struck by shrapnel in the trenches around Ypres, and was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._ Although at the Front but a very short time, he had the good fortune to take part in a very successful raid in an armoured car. "I had a great piece of luck yesterday," he wrote to his mother on 12 Oct. "The division was halted at a place for the day, and I was sent out with another officer on a reconnaissance in two armoured cars, each carrying a Maxim gun. We also had an armoured car with 10 men. After scouring the country for some time without seeing anything we eventually got to a town where they told us the Germans had left a day or two previously. We went on through the town, stopped outside, and had a look round through our glasses. I saw a few men whom I took to be Germans about a mile away in a farmyard. They had evidently seen us, as they were running backwards and forwards, and seemed very excited. We then went on for about a mile and made a detour round to the farm where I had seen them. When we got there the inhabitants told us that nine mounted Germans had just left. We set off in pursuit. It was really just like a hunt. All the inhabitants of every village rushed out and told us they were just ahead of us. We eventually came up to them suddenly round a corner, standing by the side of the road, two of them dismounted. We let fly into the middle of them with the Maxim at 200 yards. They fled for their lives, leaving behind them four lances and two helmets. The three dismounted men ran across a field. We jumped out of the car and pursued them on foot with revolvers and rifles. It was rather like potting rabbits, as they dodged behind trees and bushes We eventually bagged one officer, four men |