Charles enlisted on 10th January 1915 and was embodied into the East Anglian Casualty Clearing Station, Territorial Force. He was living at The Lodge, Park Hill Road, Oulton, Lowestoft at the time. He embarked on the "Royal Edward" at Devonport on 30th July 1915, then arrived at Alexandria on the 11th August. He set sail to Gallipoli the next day. Charles's body was never found and was believed to have drowned on the sinking of H.M.T. "Royal Edward" on passage from Alexandria to Gallipoli. He was the son of Christopher Robert and Emina Oldfield of Park Hill Road, Oulton, Lowestoft.