PEACEFUL BE
THY REST DEAR CHARLIE
'TIS SWEET
TO BREATHE THY NAME

PRIVATE CHARLES TREWIN

DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY

20TH AUGUST 1918 AGE 21

BURIED: RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM


Charles Trewin was a Cornishman born in Camborne where his father was an iron moulder. He served with the Durham Light Infantry and died of wounds received in action near Ypres where the 20th Battalion were fighting to reclaim ground won by the Germans during their Spring Offensive.
His inscription, a conventional piece of memorial verse, was confirmed by his sister Lily.