R/10582 Rifleman Charles George Eaton of the 8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps was killed in action on the 6th October 1915. He was 37 years old and the son of Charles and Sarah Eaton of Ernest Villa, 20 Westcliff Park Drive, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
Charles's number indicates that he joined the KRRC around the 8th of February 1915. He possibly joined the 15th (Reserve) Battalion at Sheerness originally, later being posted to the 8th Battalion. His medal index card indicates that he arrived in France on 23rd August 1915.
Charles Eaton was born in Prittlewell, Essex and enlisted at Southend-on-Sea. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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