
The grave of Charles Hind at Cabaret Rouge Cemetery. Photographed for ‘Marching in Memory’ for Combat Stress, July 2015
30th May 1916. Charles Hind, B Social, 1907. Lt, 2nd Bn, South Staffordshire Regt. Killed in action in an unknown engagement in France. At Radley he was Head of B Social and Captain of Cricket. After leaving school he planned to become a doctor. As a medical student he had almost completed two years’ study at Pembroke College, Cambridge, when the war began. He took a commission in the South Staffords, and throughout 1915 he had commanded a brigade grenade company in France. He was mentioned in despatches. Aged 22 |