Died in Germany - Pathetic End of a Raunds Officer

Mr. Joseph Vorley, of Marshall’s-road, Raunds, has received the following through His Majesties Minister at Berne from the German authorities respecting Second-Lieut. Chas. A. Vorley, 11th Royal Sussex Regiment:- “Vorley, Charles A., Lieut. 11th Royal Sussex. Died Sept. 13th 1916. Buried in cemetery at Caudry. Effects forthcoming.”

Lieut. Vorley, who was the eldest son of Mr. J. Vorley, town crier, of Raunds, was at St. John’s College, Battersea, when the war broke out. He was wounded early in September in France, and taken prisoner by the Germans. He wrote a postcard to his father on the 7th September just to let him know that he was “alive and kicking, unfortunately with only one leg. The other was amputated yesterday, but I think it will get on all right.” Mr. Vorley did not get his card until the first week in October, as it did not leave Germany until the 28th September, being three weeks after it was written, and a fortnight after the officer had passed away. Mr. Vorley’s second son, Westley, is serving in Frances in the A.S.C., and has been out two years last month.