Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders	1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
2 May 1915	~	Long Compton
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other War Memorials
The Battle of Frezenberg (Ypres)	After 5 August 1914 at Warwick
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
Warwick Farm S of Wieltje	~

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

William is listed as being killed in action on 9 May 1915. The war diary for the day is transcribed below:-

9th May 1915 - Warwick Farm - C.29.c: Quiet morning. At 2pm very heavy bombardment of front trenches lasting till 6pm. Part of line where no trench was was fell back and reformed in wood behind. C & D Coys held on and the line was fully re-occupied at dusk and strengthened. Our line was taken over by the WELCH REGT at midnight. We took over the WELCH REGT's line in the G.H.Q trench. END