Geburtsjahr: 1897

Geburtsort: Ogbourne, Wiltshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Beruf: Fuhrmann

Land: England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Trooper

Dienstnummer: 2427

Einberufung ort: Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Einheiten:  —  Household Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 12/10/1917

Sterbeort: Poelcapelle, Belgien

Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen

Alter: 20

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

On 12 October 1917 the Household Battalion (10th Brigade, 4th Division) took part in an attack with the 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire to their right and 18th Division to their left. They suffered 50 casualties in the assembly lines due to heavy enemy shelling. During the attack the Household Battalion was unable to keep in touch with their left, because the 18th Division was held up. They could not go beyond their first objective and a defensive flank towards the village of Poelkapelle was formed. A German counter attack was easily repulsed and other companies came to reinforce the Household Battalion. William must have died during this attack or was one of the 50 casualties in the assembly lines. He was buried close to the frontline (U.19.b.5.9.) and was later reburied in Cement House Cemetery.

Household Battalion (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/1481/1). http://www.nmarchive.com Verwendete Quellen

McCarthy C., The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account (London, Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018). Verwendete Quellen

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/97365

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=39a682e5-184f-416a-9dbb-db8a441ea4fc

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/251020