Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Charles Edward Seekins was born in 1889 in Hinckley, the son of Eliza and Samuel Seekins. The 1901 census records the family on Main Street in Twycross and in 1911 Charles was lodging at Bank Farm in Ratcliffe Culey.
He enlisted in Coalville and initially served with the 16th Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment as service number 51360. Later he transferred to the Labour Corps under service number 10103, he was killed in action on the 26th September 1917 and is buried at the Railway Chateau Cemetery, location A16
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Submitted by I. Vickers 2015
Coalville Times article - Friday October 19th, 1917

LOCAL CASUALTIES

Mrs Seekins, of Congerstone, has received a letter from an officer in a Labour Company, informing her that her son, Private C. E. Seekins, was killed by shell fire whilst carrying out dangerous work in a forward area on September 26th. The platoon, the lieutenant states, will miss him very much; he was very popular, always cheerful and a conscientious worker. He was buried by his comrades in an English cemetery, an army chaplain officiating. Before enlisting, in September 1915, he worked on the Midland Railway. His brother is serving in France with the A.S.C.

Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 24/12/2017