Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Sarah Ann Wilson. After enlistment and training Charles embarked for France in October 1915. He took part in the fighting on the Somme, and was wounded when the Guards were operating on the German trenches between Guedecourt and Lesboeufs. He was killed during the third Battle of Ypres. His Sergeant wrote:- “We were occupying a position in an advanced post, and after a very restless night had settled down for a quiet day, when the enemy began to shell our post, one of the shells striking the dug-out occupied by your son and another lad. I regret to say that he was instantly killed. We buried him the following night shortly after midnight, the chaplain reading the service, and such of us as could be spared were present. We all regret the loss of a good man and brave soldier.”