Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders	Military Medal, 1914-15 Star	Le Vertannoy British Cemetery
	British War & Victory Medals
Arrived in Theatre		SWFHS Area Memorials
21 Nov 1915	Military Medal Citation	Lillington Mens Club  |  Whitnash
	Bravery in the Field - Gazette 28 Jan 1918
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed		Other War Memorials
Local Operations at Bethune	Date and Place Enlisted	~
	March 1915 at Leamington Spa
Place of Death
Pacaut Wood, Bethune

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

William is listed as being killed in action on 18 Jul 1918. The war diary for the day is transcribed below and tells us that he was killed by enemy artillery fire.

Trenches - July 18th: Fine day. 2nd Duke of Wellington's on our left carry out a large raid on the enemy's posts at 2.30pm. On account of the difficulty of starting from their line (which runs through Pacaut Wood) the go over from our front line. C Coy the previous night prepared steps in the parapet and made gaps in the wire. The raid is very successful and 29 prisoners are captured. Our artillery put down a very good barrage & the enemy retaliate in about 5 minutes after zero on our own front and support lines. At 3.15pm everything quieten down again. We have 10 casualties - 4 killed & 6 wounded. C Coy at night fill up gaps in the wire. Hostile machine gun fire above normal at night. Lieut H.B. Hillard wounded. END