TIMMS Charles William

  • First Name(s):
    Charles 
    William 
  • Surname:
    TIMMS
  • Service Number:
    17657
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Gloucestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    10th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd August 1916
  • Age At Death:
    31
  • 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:
    Blockley, Worcestershire, enlisted Campden, Gloucestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Mary Timms, of Station Rd., Blockley, Worcestershire

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TIMMS Charles William Is Named On These Memorials

Blockley St Peter and St Paul’s Church WW1 Memorial
Blockley War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Blockley War Memorial under Soldiers 1916 with the information: Pte. Aug 22

Further Information About TIMMS Charles William

Charles Timms was born in 1886 in Snowshill and baptised in Blockley, possibly a reflection of a practice of the time whereby children were often taken to their mother’s birthplace for baptism. His father Charles worked as a farm labourer.

The family had moved to Draycott by 1891, and were living in Blockley in 1901. Charles was at home throughout and working as a “carter boy”. In 1909 he married Mary Edginton, a Blockley girl, the marriage registered under the Shipston Registration District. Their first child, a son, died within six months of birth, but two further sons survived and are recorded in documents dated 1911 and 1913. Charles was living throughout at the Old Jockey Stables in Blockley, working as a carter.

Charles fought with the 10th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment during WW1. This battalion was formed in 1914 and after training deployed to France in August the following year. Charles joined them there two months later.  He will have enlisted probably in early 1915 and must thus have been a volunteer, as conscription was not introduced until 1916. After he was killed in action in August 1916, his wife may have remained in the area. She was living in Station Road, Blockley, when the Commonwealth War Graves Commission material was generated. She must be the Mary E. Timms who was living at Longborough when she died in 1963 at the age of 79. Her death was registered in the North Cotswold district and she was buried at Blockley.

From the Medals Card and Gloucestershire Regt medals rolls:
Charles Timms, 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, Private, 17657, awarded the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the 1915 Star.
France 4/10/15
Killed in action 22/8/16

From Gloucestershire Regiment Museum:
Charles Timms
born Blockley
10th Battalion, Private, 17657
enlisted Campden
Killed in action France, grace ref MR0021

From Soldiers’ Effects:
Charles Timms, 10 Battalion Gloucs R, Private, 17657
died 22/8/16 in action
GBP3 6s 6d plus GBP7 0s 0d War Gratuity to widow Mary E., self and children

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

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Credits: All research courtesy of the researcher of the casualties on the Blockley War Memorials.