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Private G/5418 William Guy T. TIDMARSH - 2nd Battalion East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)
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| Military History |
Theatre
France & Flanders
Medals
1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
Medal Citation (if app)
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Enlisted Date/Place
6 Jan 1915 at Stratford on Avon
Commonwealth War Graves Page
Ypres (Menin Gate) MemorialSWFHS War Memorial(s)
Other War Memorial(s)
Other Information/Previous Regiments/Units
- Arrived in France on 21 Apr 1915
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
On the day William is recorded as being killed the battalion were in new trenches in a line running from a level crossing into Verlorenhoek north of Bellewaarde. The war diary describes two very quiet days "only occassionally interupted by the a wizz bang or the attentions of a sniper. No other details of the day are given so it presumed that William was killed by a wizz bang or shot by a sniper.  |
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| Map of Verlorenhoek area | Ypres Menin Gate Memorial |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Bapitsm Date/Place |
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| Jan Qtr 1875 Bourton on the Hill | 11 Apr 1875 at Bourton on the Hill |
| 14 Oct 1877 at Little Compton | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Lee [Leigh] and Ann Tidmarsh | Little Compton |
| Wife & Marriage Date/Place | Children & Year of Birth |
| Alice Annie nee Jordan |
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| 12 Nov 1904 at Chipping Norton Register Office | |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
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NB. William seems to have been baptised twice, once in Bourton and then again in Little Compton on a day when his three siblings were also baptised
