Biography of Private Charles Walpole (13619)
10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Formerly 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment and
8th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 15th April 1918
Soldier
- Name: Charles Walpole
Date of birth: 1886
Place of Birth: Elsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Date of Birth Registration: July – September 1886
Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Father
- Name: Robert Walpole
- DOB: 1862
- Place of Birth: Toft, Lincolnshire, England
- Occupation: Waggoner on a farm.
Mother
- Name: Eliza Barnes
- DOB: 1860
- Place Of Birth: Elsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
- Marriage: 1884 Bourne Distirct
Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)
- Fred Walpole, 1884, Elsthorpe
- Charles Walpole, 1886, Elsthorpe
- Thomas Wilson Walpole, 1888, Elsthorpe
- Mary Elizabeth Walpole, 1889, Elsthorpe
- Annie Eliza Walpole, 1892, Elsthorpe
- John Robert Walpole, 1893, Elsthorpe
- Caroline Alice Walpole, 1895, Elsthorpe
- Helen Walpole, 1897, Elsthorpe
- Frances May Walpole, 1899, Elsthorpe
- Charlotte Walpole, 1900, Elsthorpe
- Henry Cecil Walpole, 1903, Elsthorpe
- Francis William, 1905, Elsthorpe
Census
- 1891: Charles is living with his parents in Elsthorpe, Lincolnshire.
- 1901: Charles is living with his parents in Elsthorpe, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 14 and he is listed as a groom domestic.
- 1911: Charles is living with his parents in Elsthorpe, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 24 and he is listed as a farm labourer.
Relatives in services
- None found
Marriage
- No marriage for Charles has been found and we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.
Newspaper Mentions
- Daily Casualty Lists Saturday 11th September 1915
Nco’s and Men
WOUNDED
Lincolnshire Regiment, 6th Battalion
Walpole, 13619, C
Military Records
Attestation Papers
- None found
Soldier’s Died In The Great War
- These records show that Private Charles Walpole, 13619, 10th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment was killed in action on 15th April 1918 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.
Pension Records
- None found
Effects Left To
- Mother Elizabeth
Medals
- The British Medal
The Victory Medal
The 15 Star
Memorials
- UK:
- Edenham, Roll of Honour in St Michael and all Angels Church
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
- In memory of Private C Walpole, 13619, 10th Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment who died on 15 April 1918
- Remembered with honour, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials
Military Service Timeline
- Enlisted in Bourne
- This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed
Sources
- WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission