Born at Stapleton [presumably Winterbourne Steepleton], Dorset.
1841 Census
Winterborne Steepleton, Dorset.
Charles Diment [sic], aged 7 years, was one of seven children (aged 5 months to 15 years) born to George Diment, an Agricultural Labourer, and his wife Martha.
1851 Census
Winterborne Steepleton.
Charles Diment, 17, nephew, a Cowkeeping Boy, was living next door to his parents and family.
Enlisted at Liverpool on the 17th of November 1854.
Age: 20.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: None shown.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 1st of August 1855.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
Died "in the Regimental Hospital" on the 8th of August 1855.