Corporal 241072 William Lightfoot
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 2nd/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 19
Date of death: 6th of July 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension - II. D. 6.
Census details:
1901 - 3 years old William is living at Glass Works Yard, Ravenhead with parents Joseph (27), Jessie (27) and sister Eveline (1). They are staying at the home of Jessie's widowed father Peter Clarke (56). 1911 - Sees 13 years old William living at 24 West Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens with widowed father Joseph (39) and three siblings: Evelyn (11), Joseph (9), Edith (7), Also at the address is servant Elizabeth Tunstall (15).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url] Age taken from census.
[url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url] Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/W_Kay_W_Lightfoot_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Corporal William Lightfoot at
Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension
(Photograph courtesy of Richard Houghton.)[/caption]
Buried next to [cas=1683]William Kay[/cas].
