William enlisted in WWI from Grand Forks, British Columbia on January 26, 1916. His service number was 703872. He sustained a serious injury during an accident while training at the 2nd Army Grenade School in Terdeghem, France on September 23, 1916. He died six days later in Boulogne-sur-Mer-Sud, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France on September 29, 1916. (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26133328?h=78cb16)
"Died of Wounds" (Accidental) Whilst attending a Stokes gun course at the 2nd Army Grenade School at Terdeghem, on September 23rd, 1916, a premature explosion occurred which destroyed the mortar, and he sustained severe injuries to the left groin and a fracture of the right leg. After receiving attention he was evacuated to No. 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, where he died from the effects of his wounds a few days later.
He was buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery in France.
"Died of Wounds" (Accidental) Whilst attending a Stokes gun course at the 2nd Army Grenade School at Terdeghem, on September 23rd, 1916, a premature explosion occurred which destroyed the mortar, and he sustained severe injuries to the left groin and a fracture of the right leg. After receiving attention he was evacuated to No. 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, where he died from the effects of his wounds a few days later.
He was buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery in France.
William enlisted in WWI from Grand Forks, British Columbia on January 26, 1916. His service number was 703872. He sustained a serious injury during an accident while training at the 2nd Army Grenade School in Terdeghem, France on September 23, 1916. He died six days later in Boulogne-sur-Mer-Sud, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France on September 29, 1916. (https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26133328?h=78cb16)
"Died of Wounds" (Accidental) Whilst attending a Stokes gun course at the 2nd Army Grenade School at Terdeghem, on September 23rd, 1916, a premature explosion occurred which destroyed the mortar, and he sustained severe injuries to the left groin and a fracture of the right leg. After receiving attention he was evacuated to No. 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, where he died from the effects of his wounds a few days later.
He was buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery in France.
"Died of Wounds" (Accidental) Whilst attending a Stokes gun course at the 2nd Army Grenade School at Terdeghem, on September 23rd, 1916, a premature explosion occurred which destroyed the mortar, and he sustained severe injuries to the left groin and a fracture of the right leg. After receiving attention he was evacuated to No. 13 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, where he died from the effects of his wounds a few days later.
He was buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery in France.
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