Captain Charles William Eaton
- Batt - 11
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 1883
- Died - 09/08/1917
- Age - 35
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Christiana, and the late John Eaton. On the 31st January 1920 the Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester published a Roll of Honour of former pupils, this records that Charles attended the school during 1891 but his year of leaving is unknown. The War Diary entry for the 9th August 1917 records. DICKEBUSCH. Companies worked as before. The camp was shelled and Captain C. W. EATON was wounded and succumbed to his wounds about one hour afterwards. 2 other ranks were admitted to the Field Ambulance sick.
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Place of death - Ypres, Belgium
- Burial Place - The Huts Cemetery, II. B. 11., Belgium
- Birth Place - Knighton, Leicester
- Other Memorials - Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College War Memorial
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - The Huts Cem., Dickebusch, Belgium
- Place of Residence - 24 Evington Drive, Leicester
- Memorial - ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH, LEICESTER
- Memorial - WYGGESTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS MEM., LEICESTER