Année de naissance: 1898

Lieu de naissance: Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Profession: ouvrier journalier

Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Gunner

Numéro de service: 123475

Incorporation nom de lieu: Coalville, Leicestershire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Unités:  —  Royal Garrison Artillery, 244th Siege Bty.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 14/09/1917

Lieu de décès: Near Canadian Dugouts, Wieltje, Belgique

Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Âge: 19

British War Medal Médaille

Victory Medal Médaille

Gunner William Henry Emery, a former farmhand from Sheepy Magna, served in the 244th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.

Unfortunately, many War Diaries of the Royal Garrison Artillery were lost, so it’s unclear where exactly the 244th Siege Battery was operating and for what purpose. On the 14th of September 1917 no major attack was carried out.

After the war Gunner Emery’s grave was found near a fortified position called ‘Canadian Dugouts’ along the Hogeziekenweg, north of Wieltje and reburied at New Irish Cemetery.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Sources utilisées

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/452280/emery,-william-henry/ Sources utilisées

The Long Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Sources utilisées