{"id":1163,"date":"2013-02-08T17:26:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T17:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/?p=1163"},"modified":"2025-01-22T14:30:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:30:01","slug":"charles-reeves-liddell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/charles-reeves-liddell\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Reeves Liddell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1163\" data-postid=\"1163\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1163 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_c39da2f tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_b1aa153 first\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_ts79311 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><h2><strong>Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Charles Reeves Liddell<\/p>\n<p><strong>DoB:<\/strong>\u00a0 May 14, 1892<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regt:\u00a0<\/strong>Royal Field Artillery; Service No: 715327<\/p>\n<p><strong>DoD:\u00a0<\/strong>April 21 1918.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic Career<\/strong>: CGS\u00a01905-07<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other:\u00a0<\/strong>Draughtsman with Messrs. Cowan, Sheldon, &amp; Co<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biographical Information:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_dzof70 last\">\n                    <!-- module gallery -->\n<div  class=\"module gallery module-gallery tb_997k189 layout-slider  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n                <div class=\"themify_builder_slider_vertical tf_rel\">\n                <div class=\"tf_swiper-container tf_carousel themify_builder_slider tf_rel tf_overflow\"\n              data-lazy=\"1\"                data-pager=\"1\"\n                data-speed=\"2.4\"\n                data-slider_nav=\"1\"\n                data-wrapvar=\"1\"\n                data-height=\"variable\"\n                                    data-effect=\"scroll\"\n                                        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tb_m50r485   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Charles was born in Manchester when his father was there working with his brother-in-law, WH Reeves. But both his parents were from Cumbria and had moved back to Stanwix by the time of the 1901 Census. Charles Isaac Liddell is listed as a joiner and builder (employer) by this census. The family believe there was friction between him and his father Isaac Liddell as they had competing businesses. In the 1911 census Charles and little brother Thomas were still at home but Charles was a draughtsman. They were living at 35, Rosebery Road, Stanwix, Carlisle.\u00a0The Carlisle grammar school register gives the address of\u00a0 \u00a027 Etterby Street.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-70f21c8-1\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-70f21c8-1-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Academic Record:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-70f21c8-1-content\" data-id=\"acc-70f21c8-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_wpn5485\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_8nq3485 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_fupl485   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>CGS\u00a01905-07\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-70f21c8-2\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-70f21c8-2-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            War Service:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-70f21c8-2-content\" data-id=\"acc-70f21c8-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_erci485\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_mjcq485 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_tv61485   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Charles enlisted in early September 1914 as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery he saw fighting on different war fronts. According to the Cumberland News he served for six months in Gallipoli and 12 months in Egypt (he is recorded as having entered Egypt on June 4 1915. \u201cD\u201d Bty. 210<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Bde) .and \u201c<em>up to the borders of Palestine<\/em>\u201d and then in France for about 14 months. He was gassed in September 1917 and after a couple of months in hospital he was attached to another field battery. Later he transferred back to his original battery.<\/p>\n<p>Charles was Killed in action, April 21, 1918. Aged 25. \u00a0Major WT Higbst(?) wrote: \u201c<em>He was killed by a shell whilst repairing a telephone line near the Battery position this morning. His death would be instantaneous. The fact that he died bravely doing his duty and that his end came without pain or suffering may be to you as it is to us his comrades\u2026some small fragment of consolation in your grief\u2026A general favourite in the battery he was in every sense of the word a real soldier, as fearless as he was modest. His particular work \u2013 a lineman \u2013 is at times dangerous and calls for a high standard of personal courage and endurance. Never has your son been known to hesitate or fail in his duty or to shrink from any personal danger. His work, always done in a quiet and unassuming way, was invariably thoroughly and conscientiously done, and it can be truly be said of him that no one who has given his all to his country and his country\u2019s cause has served more faithfully than he. I know that Colonel Mason\u2026had the very highest opinion of your son\u2019s sterling qualities. As a soldier and as a comrade, the battery is poorer by his death. I am sending his body down to the back area tonight, and it will be laid to rest in the British cemetery at \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014- tomorrow<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery Grave Reference I.A.2<\/p>\n<p>The Cumberland News later reported how Colonel Mason wrote to say: \u201c<em>Charlie\u2026(has) been awarded the Military Medal for a specific act of bravery\u00a0 in the field\u2026Alas! That your poor boy, whom I know so well, is not here for me to convey to him personally my congratulations. He was one of my most trusted men whose technical knowledge was invaluable \u2013 a charming personality, modest and unassuming to such a degree as to be a stumbling block to his own advancement. His duty was a dangerous one; and so keen was he always that communications should be maintained that he never spared himself \u2013 on occasions, indeed, he had to be restrained from going out, so great was the risk to himself. England need never fear so long as she can produce such men as he \u2013 the personification of unselfishness and self-sacrifice. He realised the vital importance of his work and he did it honestly and fearlessly. Great and cruel though I know the blow of his death will be to you\u2026yet be thankful for a son who was a good soldier and a good man. His life, I am sure, has not been lived in vain<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Awards: Military medal (Date of Gazette August 29 1918).\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-70f21c8-3\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-70f21c8-3-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Battalion:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-70f21c8-3-content\" data-id=\"acc-70f21c8-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_vnul485\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_psk5485 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_wzb6485   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Royal Field Artillery<\/p>\n<p>Service No: 715327<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-70f21c8-4\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-70f21c8-4-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Other:                 <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-70f21c8-4-content\" data-id=\"acc-70f21c8-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_cyol485\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_yjpz485 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3dfw485   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>The CGS Memorial Register records Charles was working as a Draughtsman with Messrs. Cowan, Sheldon and Co.. \u00a0His family had \u201c<em>He gave his life that we might live<\/em>\u201d inscribed on his tombstone.\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-70f21c8-5\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-70f21c8-5-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Sources:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-70f21c8-5-content\" data-id=\"acc-70f21c8-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_g6cb485\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_xesh485 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_tb7v485   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carlisle School Memorial Register 1264-1924<\/p>\n<p>b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Census:<\/p>\n<p>1881 RG11\/5161<\/p>\n<p>1901 RG13\/4870<\/p>\n<p>1911 RG RG14\/31339<\/p>\n<p>c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Margaret Davie<\/p>\n<p>d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920<\/p>\n<p>e) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Cumberland News 4 May 1918 and 18 May 1918<\/p>\n<p>f) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0CWGC<\/p>\n<p>g)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 www.ancestry.co.uk<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Key Information Name:\u00a0Charles Reeves Liddell DoB:\u00a0 May 14, 1892 Regt:\u00a0Royal Field Artillery; Service No: 715327 DoD:\u00a0April 21 1918. 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