British Army Veterinary Corps
Charles Henry LAMBERT
Lieutenant
Died 17 August 1915 · Aged 33
Arrival discrepancy: The published transcription of the 58th Brigade diary (WO 95/4298) records arrival at Alexandria on 12 July 1915; the earlier memorial account gives 14 July 1915. The original diary scan has not been checked, so neither day is adopted here as a verified arrival date. No separate disembarkation date has been established.
Published brigade-diary transcription — 12 July · Earlier memorial account — 14 July
His story
Lieutenant Charles Henry Lambert MRCVS was born on 20 July 1882, the eldest son of John Henry Lambert of Redmount, Ballinasloe, Galway. He graduated from the Royal College in Dublin in 1908 and worked for Mr. H. S. Persse, the well-known trainer at Chattis Hill, Stockbridge, Hampshire, for several years.
Lambert was commissioned as a temporary lieutenant on 14 June 1915. Earlier memorial research places his attachment to the 58th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, at Witley Camp on 29 June. A published transcription of the brigade diary records sailing from Devonport aboard SS Knight Templar on 1 July and reaching Alexandria on 12 July. It records that he became ill on 26 July, entered No. 17 General Hospital the next day and died there on 17 August 1915 from a perforated gastric ulcer.
Lieutenant Lambert’s obituary appeared in The Veterinary Record on 28 August 1915.
Before the war
- Nationality
- British
- Date of Birth
- 20 July 1882
- Place of Birth
- Ballinasloe, Galway, Ireland
- Veterinary College and Date of Graduation
- Dublin - December 1908
Military service
- Last Rank
- Lieutenant
- Regiment/Service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Secondary Regiment
- Royal Field Artillery
- Secondary Unit
- 58th Brigade
- First Theatre of War
- Egypt 1915
Medals and commemoration
- Name on RCVS Honour Board
- Yes
- Name In Officers who died in Great War
- Yes
- Medals and Awards
- 1914/15 Star; British War Medal 1914-1918; Victory Medal
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 17 August 1915
- Age at Death
- 33
- Place of Death
- Alexandria, Egypt
- Cause of Death
- Gastric Ulcer perforation
- Cemetery
- Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
- Location
- Alexandria, Egypt
- Grave Reference
- Q. 517.
- Commonwealth War Grave
- Yes - CWGC Headstone
Connected men
- Harry HARDINGAlso buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
- William HODGESAlso buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
- William James JONESAlso buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
- Joseph LANGSTONAlso buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- The Veterinary Record, 28 August 1915 — cited in the earlier biography
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Charles Henry Lambert”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/charles_henry_lambert/.
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