Grave of Lieutenant Charles Stewart Cautherley was re-dedicated at CWGC Poelcapelle British Cemetery. Belgium. 21 st March 2024 - a century after his death.
https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/news/grave-of-lieutenant-charles-stewart-cautherley-is-rededicated-at-cwgc-poelcapelle-british-cemetery-belgium/Lieutenant Charles Stewart Cautherley was born in the Far Headingley area of Leeds, Yorkshire in 1881, to parents Charles and Mary. He had one older sister, Louisa. He was a member of the Honourable Artillery Company between 1909 and 1915, before he was gazetted to the Hertfordshire Regiment in October 1915.
He joined the 1st Battalion in April 1916 and in September 1916 was reported as suffering from shell shock, although he returned to the Battalion soon afterwards. He then spent time in the First Army Provosts, returning to the Hertfordshire Battalion on 10 April 1918.
On 26 April 1918, while retiring to a new defensive line north of Voormezele, Lieutenant Cautherley was overtaken by the rapid German advance and killed. His burial was not recorded, and following the war he was commemorated by name on the CWGC Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing.
In 1923 his remains were concentrated into the Poelcapelle British Cemetery as an unidentified officer of the Hertfordshire Regiment. Contemporary research has now led to Lieutenant Cautherley’s identification. The CWGC has marked his new point of commemoration with a headstone bearing his name and the epitaph ‘He bravely sacrificed his life for his country’ provided by his relatives.
http://www.hertsatwar.co.uk/biographies/890432/charles-stewart-cautherleyPreviously listed
FIND A GRAVEhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132109105/charles-stewart-cautherley
