Cenotaph here
William was born in Belfast and living there, when he enlisted in Romford.
He was killed in action on 30th December 1916. The battalion were in Divisional Reserve at the Northern Huts, Mazingarbe. The was diary states: "Dull Day. Usual standing fatigues and guards. 50 men went cable laying at night. Casualties 1 other rank killed."
William is buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe (ref II J 6), Pas de Calais, France.
Service No: 47516
Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers, 1st Bn.
There is a note of his death on his parent's gravestone that stands in Saint Nicholas Church of Ireland Cemetery, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
William was born in Belfast and living there, when he enlisted in Romford.
He was killed in action on 30th December 1916. The battalion were in Divisional Reserve at the Northern Huts, Mazingarbe. The was diary states: "Dull Day. Usual standing fatigues and guards. 50 men went cable laying at night. Casualties 1 other rank killed."
William is buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe (ref II J 6), Pas de Calais, France.
Service No: 47516
Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers, 1st Bn.
There is a note of his death on his parent's gravestone that stands in Saint Nicholas Church of Ireland Cemetery, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Cenotaph here
William was born in Belfast and living there, when he enlisted in Romford.
He was killed in action on 30th December 1916. The battalion were in Divisional Reserve at the Northern Huts, Mazingarbe. The was diary states: "Dull Day. Usual standing fatigues and guards. 50 men went cable laying at night. Casualties 1 other rank killed."
William is buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe (ref II J 6), Pas de Calais, France.
Service No: 47516
Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers, 1st Bn.
There is a note of his death on his parent's gravestone that stands in Saint Nicholas Church of Ireland Cemetery, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
William was born in Belfast and living there, when he enlisted in Romford.
He was killed in action on 30th December 1916. The battalion were in Divisional Reserve at the Northern Huts, Mazingarbe. The was diary states: "Dull Day. Usual standing fatigues and guards. 50 men went cable laying at night. Casualties 1 other rank killed."
William is buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe (ref II J 6), Pas de Calais, France.
Service No: 47516
Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers, 1st Bn.
There is a note of his death on his parent's gravestone that stands in Saint Nicholas Church of Ireland Cemetery, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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