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Recovered 21.08.2023 from https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/90848/charles-joseph-budden/
LANCE CORPORAL CHARLES JOSEPH BUDDEN
Service Number: 473738
London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th Bn.
Date of Death 11 April 1917 Age 27 years old
Buried WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY VIII. A. 7. France
Son of George and Annie Budden, of Moignes Down, Broadmayne, Dorchester. Native of Owermoigne. Dorchester.
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LANCE-CORPORAL CHARLES JOSEPH BUDDEN (Piddletrenthide), 12th County of London Rgiment (The Rangers)
Charles Joseph Budden was born in Owermoigne in 1888, the eldest of eight children produced by George and Annie Budden of Moignes Down, Broadmayne. He was living in Piddletrenthide when he enlisted.
The Rangers were involved in the Battle of Arras, which opened on 9th April 1917. Their objective was the village of Neuville-Vitasse and they attacked on a two-company front. Their attack started at 7.45 am. The weather was wintry and appalling. The leading companies found the enemy wire impassable and casualties mounted until a tank managed to flatten the belts of wire, enabling the infantry to break through into the German trenches. The Battalion captured all its objectives, but the cost of this success was 65 killed, 130 wounded and 4 missing.
Charles Budden was one of those wounded in the action and he died two days later, aged 29. His grave is in the Warlincourt Halte British Military Cemetery at Saulty.