THE  DOVER WAR MEMORIAL  PROJECT

Service Record Notes

WILSHIRE, CHARLES ERIC

Short Service.
Attestation of
G/9020 - Wilshire Charles Eric. Buffs.
 
Charles Eric Wilshire.
123, Clarendon Place, Dover, Kent.
Age 19 years - 146 days.
Trade. Engineers Smith.
 
Enlisted 11/12/15, Dover.
 
Next of kin - William Evans Wilshire, 123, Clarendon Place, Dover.
 
Home 11-12-15 to 27-6-16.
BEF France 28-6-16 to 6-9-16.
 
 (2^nd Queens) Killed in action - field - 6/9/16.
 
Father of Soldier - William Evans Wilshire, 123, Clarendon Place, Dover.
Mother, Sarah, as above.
 
Brothers.
Walter Edwin Wilshire, age 37 - Powell River, B. C. Canada.
Sydney Hugh Wilshire, age 35 - Powell River, B. C. Canada.
Ernest Edgar Wilshire, age 28, 123, Clarendon Place, Dover.
Arthur Stanley Wilshire, age 32, as above.
Leonard Wilshire age 22, as above.
 
Sisters - none.
 
Effects returned, Pocket Wallet & Correspondence.
 
To The Secretary, Imperial War Graves Commission,
82, Baker Street,
Ludgate Hill, E.C.4.
With reference to your HGL/82/41342, dated 20^th Instant.
I have to inform you that the only record in my possession in respect of No. G/9020 Private C. E, Wilshire, 8^th Battalion The Buffs Regiment, is that of killed in action, 6^th September, 1916. The place of burial is unknown. He was attached to the 2^nd Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment, at date of death.
The 2^nd Battalion, The Queen’s were in action at Dolville Wood, near Montauban on 6/9/16.
For Col I/c Infantry Records.
24^th October 1921.