Charles was an advertising agent living a 23 Campbell Road Maidstone with his wife when he enlisted on the 19th April 1915 with the 1st Home Counties Field Ambulance T.F. He was sent to France on the 23rd January 1917, arriving in Le Havre on the 24th January 1917, serving with the 2/1st Home Counties Field Ambulance. He was discharged on 10th July 1919.