Private 33373 William Arthur Williams
Regiment/Unit: King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) - 5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 31
Date of death: 19th of October 1917
Born: Bagilt, Flints
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial - Panel 112 to 113.
Family details:
Siblings are listed as legatees.
Census details:
1891 - 5 years old William A is living at 5 Barkers Row, Bagillt, Flint with parents John (47), Ann (46) and seven siblings: Edward (19), John (18), Ellen (16), Robert (13), Thomas (12), Annie (9), Catherine (7). Boarding at the address is William Jones (18). 1901 - 15 years old 'Railway Sheet Repairer' William A is living at 11 Taylor Street, Sutton, St Helens with parents John (57), Ann (55) and three siblings: Mary (31), Thomas (21), Catherine (17). Visiting the address is Mary A Davies (5). 1911 - Sees 25 years old 'Sheet Repairer' William A and his widowed father John (68) staying at 20 Carnegie Street, Sutton, St Helens which is the home of married sister Catherine Burrows (29) and her family Peter Burrows (29), Stanley Burrows (1).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url] Age taken from census.
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url] Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/33373WilliamArthurWilliams.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/WA_Williams_KSLI.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private William Arthur Williams on the Tyne Cot Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
