2nd Lt Charles G Sothers, 18th Middx Regt

Second Lieutenant Charles Gordon Sothers of the 18th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment died of wounds on the 6th December 1917. He was 32 years old, the husband of May Kathleen Sothers of 15, Paget Road, Stoke Newington, London. His name almost certainly appears on the imposing memorial in the library in Church Street, Stoke Newington and he is buried in Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery in Belgium.

Charles's medal index card shows that he originally arrived in France as a corporal with the 23rd London Regiment. His number was 5272, which indicates that he originally joined in May 1916, and he was later renumbered 702090. He was subsequently commissioned in the Middlesex Regiment.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission