OSBOURN, Charles Edward

Vis-en-Artois Memorial, FranceCredit: CWGC

Private
15th Battalion
Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Charles was born 1899 in Calbourne to Joseph & Caroline Louisa (nee PRAGNELL) OSBOURN. Joseph predeceased his son & Caroline remarried becoming Caroline THORN & was living at Temperence Cottage, Gunville in Carisbrooke around the time of Charles’ death. The family had previously lived at Brook Cottage in Porchfield.

Charles, aged 18, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 26th of August 1918. His body was never found or identified & so Charles is commemorated by the Commission upon the Vis-en-Artois Memorial to The Missing in France together with 9,822 of his First World War comrades.

Charles is also remembered on the County, Carisbrooke & Porchfield War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.