Date de naissance: 03/04/1897

Lieu de naissance: Brixton, Surrey, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Profession: Bricklayer

Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Gunner

Numéro de service: 195781

Unités:  —  Royal Field Artillery, 120th Bty. 27th Bde.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 14/10/1917

Lieu de décès: Zouave Wood, Belgique

Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Âge: 20

British War Medal Médaille — 11/05/1920

Victory Medal Médaille — 11/05/1920

Gunner Charles Henry Charnock served in the 120th Battery of the 27th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, of the 5th Division’s Divisional artillery.
On the 13th of October 1917, the 120th Battery was situated near Zouave Wood, between the hamlet of Hooge on the Menin Road and Observatory Ridge. The Headquarters of the artillery Brigade were positioned at Larch Wood. On the following day there was heavy German shelling all around Observatory Ridge and the battery positions of the 27th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
Gunner Charles Henry Charnock was mortally wounded on the 14th of October 1917. He fell victim due to German shelling on the position of the 120th Battery near Zouave Wood. He was buried in La Clytte Military Cemetery at Loker.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Autre référence

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/438242/charnock,-/ Sources utilisées

The Long, Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources utilisées

War Diary Royal Field Artillery 27th Brigade http://www.nmarchive.com/ Autre référence