Name
Charles Millington Sing
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/07/1916
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Royal Sussex Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
XV. B. 15.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 9 Feb 1889 son of the Rev. Edward Joshua and Sarah (Louch) Sing of Rotherfield, Lyme Regis, Dorset. Educated at Haileybury School 1903-07 and Christ's College, Cambridge. Assistant Native Commissioner, Northern Rhodesia.
Wartime Service
Enrolled as Lance Corporal 1112 10th Royal Fusiliers and entered France on 31 Jul 1915. Obtained a commission in the 7th Royal Sussex Regiment on 18 Mar 1916. He was killed in action at Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
