South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War in Which Died | WW1 Campaign Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France & Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Mont Huon Military Cemetery |
| First Arrived in a War Theatre | Bravery & Conduct Medals | Warwickshire War Memorials |
| After 1st May 1916 | ~ | Withybrook Memorial Plaque |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Died | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) | March 1916 in Nuneaton | Little Brickhill, Bucks |
| Place of Death | Previous Units | |
| Military Hospital at Le Treport | ~ | |
Circumstances of Death
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William is listed as dying of wounds on 12th November 1917 at one of the following Military Hospitals at Le Treport which used Mont Huon cemetery, 3rd, 16th & 2nd Canadian General Hospital's & Lady Murray's B.R.C.S. Hospital. The 10th Battalion war diary does not list any casualties by name nor does it record any casualties being incurred between the 27th October and 12th November 1917 and the first mention (going backwards from the 12th) of casualties is 3 men recorded as wounded on 26th October in a Camp near Kemel with no further detail given as to how they were wounded. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 20 Mar 1884 in Newport Pagnell District | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Joseph and Eversden | 24 Withybrook, Withybrook |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Little Brickhill National School 18 Apr 1887 | ~ |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1884 - Little Brickhill, Bucks | 1887 - Little Brickhill National School |
| 1891 - The Green Man, Little Brickhill | 1891 - Little Brickhill National School |
| 1901 - Mancetter Lodge Stables, Atherstone | 1911 - Groom (Equestrian) |
| 1911 - Mancetter Lodge Stables, Atherstone | 1911 - Groom (Equestrian) |
| 1915 - 24 Withybrook, Withybrook |
