Private 56783 William Wroe

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: Royal Welsh Fusiliers - 10th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 1758, Denbighshire Yeomanry.
Age at death: 26
Date of death: 12th of May 1917
(Saturday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Arras Memorial - Bay 6.
Family details:
Son of William and Margaret Jane Wroe, of 29, Sherdley Rd., St. Helens, Lancs.
Father William is legatee.
Census details:
1891 - The family are staying at the home of William Snr's parents James Wroe (71), Catherine Wroe (71).
3 weeks old William is living at 5 Greenhough Street, Peasley Cross, St Helens with parents William (35), Margaret Jane (31) and two siblings: Eliza (5), James (3).
Also at the address is their widowed daughter (William seniors sister) Ann Davies (31) and her three children: James Davies (8), Thomas Davies (6), Elizabeth Davies (4).
1901 - 10 years old William is living at 11 school Street East, Peasley Cross, St Helens with parents William (45), Margaret J (41) and four siblings: Eliza (15), James (13), Bertha (8), Gerald (3).
Staying at the address is Margaret Jane's father Thomas Kay (65) and her brother Ernest Kay (35).
1911 - Sees 20 years old 'Clerk (Pill Manufacturer)' William living at 9 Ormande Street, Peasley Cross, St Helens with parents William (54), Margaret Jane (51) and five siblings: Eliza (25), James (23), Bertha (18), Gerald (13), Cyril (9).
Still at the address is Margaret Jane's father - Thomas Kay (75).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=9]Remembered On The Holy Trinity War Memorial, Parr, St Helens.[/url]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Wroe_W_RWF.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/WroeW_RWFs.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private William Wroe on the Arras Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
SHROH ref. 1527