Pte
William J. Sherwood
Information about birth
Year of birth: 1887 |
Army information
Country: England, United Kingdom |
Force: British Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Private |
Service number: 1005 |
Units: — Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 2nd Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 09/10/1917 |
Age: 30 |
Cemetery
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot: XXI Row: D Grave: 17 |
Distinctions and medals 2
British War Medal Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Sources 1
2 Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/1664/3). https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303 Sources used |
More information 3
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/480450 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=80997482-c74b-41de-8b62-a71d3e63ab6d |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4011414 |