Morpeth Herald 15/06/1917 carries a brief obituary:
Corporal E. Charlton, R.G.A., of 16 Lee Street, Annitsford, killed in action.
Carole Fife has provided the following:
Edward is one of the few whose military records have survived. He was born in 1880 and enlisted in Cramlington on 22nd October 1914. At enlistment he was 5 feet 8½ inches tall, weighed 136 pounds and had a 38 inch chest. He had blue eyes and brown hair. He was posted to France on 24th May 1915, was made Bombardier on 10th December 1916, and was promoted to Corporal on 13th March 1917.
Edward was the son of James and Mary Ann Charlton and was one of at least 9 children. In 1891 his father was a miner and the family were living at Doctor Terrace, Bedlington. In the 1901 census, James' four eldest sons (including Edward) had joined him in working down the pit. James died in 1909, and although Mary Ann and some of her children were living in Oliver's Buildings, Bedlington in 1911, Edward was lodging in North Shields. His mother died in 1915 and was succeeded as his legatee by his brothers and sisters.
Edward Charlton is not remembered at Annitsford but is remembered at Bedlington on B15.02, B15.03, B15.09 and B15.26 page 96
