Basic Details
Surname
Helliwell
Forenames
Charles
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide service and death details. A warehouseman, he enlisted in December 1914 and fought in the Dardanelles before being drowned in the River Tigris en route to relieving Kut-el-Amara. he is commemorated on the Basra memorial.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Royal Field Artillery
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Gunner
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Mesopotamia (Iraq)
Town of death
Kurna
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
March
Day of death
24
Age at death
20
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on Memorial
Manner of death reference
Other
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial