Charles William Harwood

Private – 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment

Died: 4th October 1917

Aged: 23 years old

Killed In Action in West Vlaanderen, Belgium

Charles Harwood was born in Cheltenham in 1894 to Thomas, a Carpenter, and his wife Sarah. They seemed to be a practical family as in 1911, Thomas was an apprentice to a tailor’s outfitter working for Bryant and Sons, Drapers on The Promenade. His older sister was a Dress Maker and his younger sister an apprentice in a millinery show room.

The family lived at 29 Lypiatt Street, Tivoli, Cheltenham.

On 25th December 1914, William married Rosalind Beatrice Bellows in St. Mary’s Church. He was 20 years old and she was 24 years old.

Charles served in the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment and was Killed In Action on 4th October 1917 in West Vlaanderen, Belgium during the Battle of Broodseinde when the British second and fifth armies fought against the German fourth army near Ypres. He left his widow Rosalind who never remarried and a two year old son Charles, named after his father.

He is buried in the Hooge Crater Cemetery, West Vlaanderen. The inscription on his headstone simply reads “Peace, perfect peace”. Charles is commemorated on the

Cheltenham war memorial and St. Stephen’s Church Roll of Honour.

Private CHARLES WILLIAM HARWOOD

The Fallen