t is on record that Charles Ernest Cumberland was educated at Repton College in Derbyshire, before serving in the Great War of 1914-18. He served with 4th (Reserve) Battalion as a 2nd Lieutenant on the 18th of May 1915.  He later joined the 1st Battalion on 13th January 1917 and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1917.  

Lieutenant Cumberland would be wounded twice, over the course of 1918. Firstly, on the 26th of March, and then again on the 25th of September.  

It is shown on record that Charles lived in the Nottingham area, having been on the absent voters register of January 1918 (due to serving at that time).  

Charles continued to serve in the army after World War One and fought during the Second World War. He enlisted into the Royal Armoured Corps, a part of the Reconnaissance Corps Regiment, at the rank of Captain. Sadly, he died in combat on the 24th of June 1945. 

For his bravery and efforts over the course of the war Charles received: the British War Medal and the Victory Medal with oak leaf (mentioned in dispatches). He also received the Croix de Guerre with palm, which was noted in The London Gazette of the 17th of January 1919.