BOX Charles

  • First Name(s):
    Charles 
  • Surname:
    BOX
  • Service Number:
    17365
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Gloucestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    10th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd July 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 5B.
  • Place of Birth:
    Bourton-on-the Hill, Gloucestershire, enlisted Cheltenham
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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BOX Charles Is Named On These Memorials

Sedgeberrow War Memorial

Further Information About BOX Charles

1901 Census
Church St, Willersey
George Box, head, aged 45, Shepherd, born Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire
Fanny Box, wife, aged 46, born Blockley, Worcestershire
Charles Box, son, aged 20, Carter on Farm, born Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire
Agnes Box, daughter, aged 11, born Cropthorne, Worcestershire

Arrived in France on 9th August 1915.  Awarded the 1915 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.  Killed in Action.

Sedgeberrow Parish Magazine August 1915:
The total number of names in our parish who have joined the Army up to date is 21:-
C. Box

Sedgeberrow Parish Magazine November 1916:
Proposed War Memorial
Almost every parish in England is probably erecting a memorial in honour of its brave men who have fallen in the war.  We have lost seven such already, they are the following,
Frank Warren
Albert Holyfield
Charles Box
Arthur Winnett
Eustace Bosefield
Thomas Price
Herbert Greening
And there is no doubt that our parish will be anxious that their brave deeds may never be forgotten amongst us.  It is possible of course, also, that others may be added to this noble list of those who have given their lives for us.

Sedgeberrow Parish Magazine November 1918
We greatly regret that we have to announce the deaths of four of our boys since the last notice namely, Albert Vale, Charles White, Frank Farley and Charles Jackson, of whom their parents and friends may well be proud.  We deeply sympathise with these in the loss they have sustained.  Our parish has now lost thirteen, who have all fallen in the service of their country. R.I.P.
The following is a complete list of all those who have fallen, and we hope that many will remember them in their prayers in church week by week, that they may rest in peace.
Frank Warren
Arthur Winnett
Albert Holyfield
Thomas Price
Eustace Bousfield
Charles Box
Bertram Warner
Harry Holmes
Eric Baumgarte
Albert Vale
Charles White
Frank Farley
Charles Jackson
The letters R.I.P. are the initials of three Latin words “Requescat in Pace.” Which means “May they rest in peace.”

Charles Box has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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