From The Parish Magazine [Warminster], December 1901:
The sudden death of Charles Whatley came as a great shock. Most, even of those who knew him well, had hardly known of his illness before they had heard he had died. The cause of death too, a very virulent type of smallpox, seemed to add to the shock of surprise. We shall long miss his regular presence at the Minster; always there in good time, and plainly thinking of the serious objects of divine service in a House of God. He was also one of the most unfailingly regular of the communicants of the Minster, and was before the altar a man of intense reverence, which was duly expressed in outward form. May God shed His bright beams of light and heavenly comfort on his soul.