South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Where Buried |
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| Home | Did not serve aboard | No official war grave, buried at Kenilworth Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Silver Badge | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| Not applicable | # 503862 | Kenilworth War Memorial |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | |
| Died of General paralysis of the insane | 22 Nov 1915 in Kenilworth | |
| Place of Death | Date of Discharge | Other War Memorials |
| County Asylum, Hatton | 21 Sep 1916 at Warwick | ~ |
Circumstances of Death
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William was discharged from the army as medically unfit due to Epilepsy on 21 Sep 1916. On 2nd November 1917 William died of General paralysis of the insane (dementia paralytica) which was a fatal disease that affected the brain and central nervous system and was caused by syphilis infection. At the time of his death William was an inmate at County Asylum in Hatton. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Apr Qtr 1892 in Kenilworth | 4 Sep 1892 at Kenilworth St. John |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| William Thomas and Maryann West | Kenilworth |
| Wife | Marriage Details |
| Beatrice Ellen Collett | 29 Jul 1916 at Tredington |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1892 | 1901 - School age |
| 1901 - Whitefield Copse, Stoneleigh | 1911 - Farm labourer |
| 1911 - 17 Cross Row, Kenilworth | 1915 - Labourer |
| 1915 - 17 Cross Row, Kenilworth | |
| 1916 - Woodbine Cottage, Shipston on Stour | |
| 1917 - 15 Great Head Street, Leamington |
