South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France & Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After 1 Jan 1916 in France | ~ | Knowle Soldiers Chapel |
| Knowle War Memorial | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | |
| Died of testicular cancer | April 1915 in Birmingham | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other War Memorials |
| 1st Southern General Hospital, Edgbaston | ~ | |
Circumstances of Death
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William died of Testicular cancer on the 26th January 1917 at the 1st Southern General Hospital, Edgbaston. He was subsequently buried at Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham. He had originally been admitted to a hospital in France on 22 December 1916 with Trench Foot but was then diagnosed with Testicular Cancer and evacuated back to England aboard HMHS Newhaven and admitted to the 1st Southern General where he died a month later. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Jan Qtr 1896 in Bentley Heath, Knowle | 3 May 1896 at St. Alphege Church, Solihull |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Richard (died 1910) and Anne Smith | 9 Blakeland Street, Small Heath, Birmingham |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1896 - Bentley Heath, Knowle | 1901 - School age |
| 1901 - Bentley Heath, Knowle | 1911 - Errand Boy to a Bootmaker |
| 1911 - Woodside Cottages, Bentley Heath | |
| 1915 - Woodside, Bentley Heath, Knowle | |