254827 Pte. Charles Edward Himsworth British Army 1st Btn. C Coy. West Yorkshire Regiment from:Rotherham (d.26th August 1916) Pte Charles Himsworth was killed by a shell during trench digging detail in the village of Englebelmer the British had taken from the Germans. However, a German soldier had stayed in the clock tower and would move the clock hands to alert that troops had gone back to the trenches, they would then shell them. Records say that on 26th of August 1916 one man was wounded, this was Charles and he died of his wounds at a dressing station. He is buried in Knightsbridge CWGC Mesnil Martinsaart. He was 34 years old from Rotherham and left a widow Martha and son George.
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