WYATT, Charles Henry

Ploegsteert Memorial, BelgiumCredit: CWGC

Private
2nd Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Charles was born 1883 in Newport to Charles & Fanny (nee MOREY) WYATT. He married Rosetta Ellen CAVE in 1903 at The Newport Registry Office.

Charles, aged 34, was reported as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 11th of April 1918. His body was never recovered or identified & so Charles is commemorated by the Commission on Panel 6 of the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, in Belgium together with over 11,300 of his missing First World War comrades.

Charles is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough 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.