Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Charles Robert Betts a Labourer, born 1862 in Belton, Rutland and his wife Sarah Ann, born 1864 in Belton, Rutland. Charles William was born in 1888 in Belton, Rutland, his siblings were Lottie Ellen, born 1883 and Mary Maud, born 1886, both siblings were born in Belton, Rutland, in April 1891 the family home was at Vicarage Lane, Belton, Rutland. In March 1901 Charles was residing in the family home at Belton, Rutland, together with his parents and siblings, Margaret, born 1892 and Elizabeth, born 1894, both siblings were born in Belton, Rutland. Prior to enlistment he was a postman at Dalwhinnie, Invernesshire, Scotland. He was rejected three times before being accepted for garrison duty abroad, being subsequently passed for general service. He was in the 2nd/4th Battalion Cameron Highlanders embarking for France on the 29th June 1917, being reported as missing in action after an attack on a German strongpoint on the Ypres to Roulers Road in Belgium. Diligent enquiries were instituted by the British Red Cross Authorities, and the only conclusion that that was arrived at, was that he must have lost his life at the time he was reported missing. Reports show that at the time the Cameron Highlanders attacked a trench and German strongpoint in the old German front line on the Ypres-Roulers Road.