Worcestershire Regiment

Surname	Linton
Forename	Charles Strangreys
Rank	A/Lieut.-Col.
Army No
Battalion	1st, (Staff) & 4th
Commissioned	1901-09-14
Date Of Wounds	1915-03-10
Wounds	Wounded at Neuve Chapelle (with 1st Battalion)
Died Killed	1917-11-20
Death Details	Killed in action, Masnieres, France
Enlisted Date	Not set
Enlisted Location
Date Of Birth	Not set
Birth Place	Llandaff, Glamorgan.
Residence	Llandaff, near Cardiff
Discharged	Not set
Theatre Of War	France
Date Of Entry	1914-11-07
Z Class
Surname Spellings
Other Info	Died age 36. Son of Henry Piper Linton and Julia Linton, of Llandaff Place, Llandlaff, Glam. He is buried at the FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND (Fins is a village on the road between Cambrai and Peronne). Grave II. C. 1. During the Battle of Cambrai on the 20th November 1917 the leading companies of the 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment pushed forward rapidly and soon reached their objective, the Lock over the canal half a mile south-east of Masnieres. The two companies crossed the Lock, seized the trenches beyond it near the Sugar Factory and organised them for defence. At 2.0 p.m. Colonel Linton, commanding the 4th Worcestershire, went forward across the canal to see the situation for himself. On his way back, while crossing the Lock, he was shot dead by a German sniper.

1st Worcestershire Regiment - Captain

Army H.Q. - Canadian Corps - Staff Captain

4th Worcestershire Regiment - Acting Lieutenant Colonel

4th Worcestershire Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel

The British War Medal

The 1914 Star

The Allied Victory Medal

Medal	Rank	Battalion	Engagement	Awarded
Distinguished Service Order	Major	Staff	France 1915 (general)	1916-06-26
Distinguished Service Order	A/Lt. Col.	4th	Ypres 1917	1917-11-26
Military Cross	Capt.	Staff	France 1915 (general)	1915-06-23
Mentioned in Despatches	Capt.	Staff		1915-06-22
Mentioned in Despatches	Capt.	Staff		1916-06-15
Mentioned in Despatches	T/Lt.-Col.	4th		1917-05-15
Mentioned in Despatches	T/Lt.-Col.	4th		1917-12-18

Medal	Rank	Battalion	Awarded
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Linton A/Lieut.-Col.