Charles Edward Saxton
Memorial: Alveston - St Helen's Church
Regiment: Royal Marines Light Infantry
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private PLY/7942
Parents: George and Edith Saxton
Home address: Hazel Cottage, Rudgeway, Bristol
Date of birth: 1879
Date of death: 30/12/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Commemorated at Capuccini Naval Cemetery (Plot. 298.), Malta
Age: 36
Further information:
2nd Royal Marine Battalion Royal Navy Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry.
Royal Navy Long Service Good Conduct Medal 24/3/1912. Enlisted 1896; HMS "Cumberland" and "Challenger" 1914-30/4/15 and HMS "Astrea" 1/5/15-16/7/15, Cameroon expedition 1914-15, one of three RMLI Scouts (two Privates and a Corporal) landed at Japoma Bridge 2/10/14 from the Surf Boat detachment of 8 RMLI under Captain John Goldsmith RMLI (DOW 1st Royal Marine Battalion 11/5/17); Plymouth Division 17/7/15-24/10/15 Embarked Royal Marine Brigade (joined 2nd Royal Marine Battalion about 2/12/15).
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Forces War Records, CWGC and Ancestry.co.uk