Acting Corporal 10757 Charles ORTON

Acting Corporal 10757 Charles Orton{gallery}A/Cpl C Orton{/gallery}1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 23rd October 1916, aged 22

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 16
  
• Awarded 1915 Star British War and Victory Medals.
  
• Son of Thomas and Harriet Orton
• NNWFHS Memorial: Wilnecote
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for A/Cpl Orton
• NNWFHS Wilnecote War Memorial Page
• Thiepval Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 1896 in Wilnecote.
  
• Lived at Hanbury’s Farm Cottage, Wilnecote [1911]
  
• Lived at 7 Lady Bank, Tamworth [1915]
• Employed as a farm labourer [1911]
• Employed by Mr Wharton of Kettlebrook [1915] Enlisted in January 1915 and fought in the Dardanelles before being returned home with frostbite. He returned to France in February 1916.