Private Charles Henry Challans

Army Number: 12028

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived in Nottingham. Son of Edward and Mary Ann Challans, of 6, Ainsworth Terrace, Hawthorn Street, Meadows, Nottingham. He was employed at a printing factory prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He went to France on 8th September 1914 and was killed in action on 20th October 1914, when the battalion held position south-east of Bois Grenier, Ennetieres/Escobecques, France against a German attack.

Commemorated : Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Panel 7.