Killed in Action
Regiment: The Kings (Liverpool Regiment)
Battalion: 1st/6th Battalion
Service Number: 99507
Date of Death: 5th May 1918
Age when killed: 18
Cemetery: Loos Memorial (Panel 27 to 30)
Born: 1899
Parents: John & Jemma Gamble, Church View, Hoby

Charles Gamble, was born in Gaddesby in the summer of 1899, was the only son of John and Jemima Gamble of Church View, Hoby. John was a farm labourer and his wife was a domestic cleaner. They also had two daughters, Mary, who was older than Charles, and Maria, who was younger.

Charles Gamble’s service records appear to be lost but he is known to have enlisted at Melton Mowbray and to have been posted to the 1/6th Battalion of The Kings Liverpool Regiment. In theory, Army Regulations required men to be 19 years old before they could be posted abroad but this was widely ignored. At only 18 years of age, Charles Gamble was the youngest of the men from Hoby who died in the War.

He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

Church View, Hoby.

Julie Bye