Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Caudry British Cemetery
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
Sep/Oct 1918	~	Wellesbourne
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other War Memorials
Battle of the Sambre	Aug 1914 at Lichfield
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
CCS at Caudry	Pte 12972 South Staffordshire Regiment

Circumstances Leading to Death       

Newspaper reports and the war diary show that the 12th Battalion left Ovilliers on the 2 Nov 1918 and moved into their start positions  near Vendigies in preparation for the start of The Battle of the Sambre. On 3 Nov 1918 the war diary reports ‘a quiet day in the front line but a good deal of intermittent shelling. As William slept overnight on the 3rd a shell hit his dugout and on 4 Nov 1918 he died of wounds inflicted by the shell at the 3rd, 19th, 21st or 49th Casualty Clearing Station, all of which were based in Caudry where William was buried.

Just 7 days later the hostilities ended.