"Just a wee laddie away to war you went
A call to arms your short life to be spent
Almost two year, not so much as a scratch
Alas to die on some god forsaken patch
You did not want to die, you did not ask to die
But you answered the call to kitchener's patriotic cry
Like so many, a generation lost
A war that was won, but at a cost
Rest Easy dear Charles, forgotten no more
Your memory we shall cherish, honour and adore."