Charles William Smith was born in 1882. He enlisted at Chesterfield, Derbyshire and is listed as serving in Headquarter Company at the outbreak of The First World War. William landed in France with “A” Company in February 1915. During the course of the war he was wounded twice. First in September 1915 in St Eloi, and again in July 1916 at Bellacourt during a German attack on the trenches. Charles was discharged in December 1917 and received the Silver War Badge.