Private Robert Charlton

Army Number : 17584

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

Son of James Sheppard and Elizabeth Charlton, of “The Chestnuts”, Burley, Oakham, Rutland. He was an articled clerk prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He went to France 26th January 1915 and was killed in action, 9th August 1915, age 19, in the attack at Sanctuary Wood, Belgium.

Commemorated : Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 39 and 41.

Private Robert Charlton is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Holy Cross Church War Memorial, Burley-on-the-Hill Rutland.
Oakham School Chapel War Memorial, Oakham, Rutland.