Basic Details
Surname
Eyre
Forenames
C H
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Charles Howard
Served or died
Died
Notes
The College website adds: 'He came up in 1902 from Eton. Bell scholar, classics; cricket blue and played for MCC (always on the winning side at Lords, made 153 for the university against Yorkshire in 3½ hours). Taught at Harrow. “He was the first to reach the enemy's barbed wire and was there shot through the head” Buried in Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos and commemorated at St Michael’s Bedford and at Harrow.' [Surely Eton? He was originally rom Liverpool].
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Near Loos
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Loos
Cemetery
Dud Corner
Year of death
1915
Month of death
August
Day of death
25
Age at death
32
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action