2nd Lt
Charles Edward Sherwood

Informatie over geboorte

Geboortedatum:
20/12/1895
Geboorteplaats:
Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Algemene Informatie

Beroep:
Krantenkioskhouder

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Strijdmacht:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Second Lieutenant
Service nummer:
/
Eenheden:
 —  Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5th Bn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
22/10/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
Tower Hamlets, Geluveld, België
Doodsoorzaak:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Leeftijd:
21

Begraafplaats

Hooge Crater Cemetery
Plot: XVII
Rij: C
Graf: 9

Onderscheidingen en medailles 2

British War Medal
Medaille — 23/01/1920
Victory Medal
Medaille — 23/01/1920

Points of interest 2

#1 Geboorteplaats
#2 Plaats van overlijden (bij benadering)

Mijn verhaal

Charles Edward Stuart was born in December 1895. He was the sixth child of James and Kate Sherwood of Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire. According to the 1911 Census Charles worked as a Bookstall Attendant, while living with his mother at 157 Newport Road in Stantonbury. Charles enlisted for the army and initially served as a trooper with the Household Battalion. He eventually got a commission as a second lieutenant with the 5th Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, part of the 42nd Brigade of the 14th (Light) Division.

In October 1917 the 14th Division was engaged in the Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele. The 5th Ox & Bucks moved into the frontlines in mid-October. They were holding dirty and muddy trenches between the Menin Road, near Geluveld Wood, and the Scheriabeek stream. The Germans opposite them in the ruins of Geluveld held the high ground and had an excellent view on the Ox & Bucks’ positions. The men were therefore frequently subjected to heavy shelling and sniper fire. Casualties kept stacking up.

After five arduous days at the front Charles’ Battalion was relieved from the first line. The 5th Ox & Bucks moved into support in the Tower Hamlets area, south of the Menin Road. The men were cramped together in a series of pill-boxes and open trenches. At 5.30 a.m. on 22 October 1917 an allied barrage came down on the German lines, as the British launched another attack near Poelkapelle and the Houthulst forest. The German artillery immediately retaliated and the 5th Ox & Bucks’ front was heavily shelled, killing 21-year old second lieutenant Sherwood.

Charles was buried in the nearby Pill Box Cemetery. His remains were exhumed from this makeshift cemetery after the war and he was reinterred in Hooge Crater Cemetery.

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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/459276/sherwood,-charles-edward/
Gebruikte bronnen
The Long, Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
Gebruikte bronnen
War Diary Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 5th Bn.
http://www.nmarchive.com/
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