Company Quartermaster Serjeant 1906 William Neville Anderton

C.Q.S. William Neville Anderton

Regiment/Unit: Gloucestershire Regiment - 'A' Coy. 1st/9th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 31/03/1915

Age at death: 22
Date of death: 3rd of September 1916 (Sunday)
Born: Billinge, Lancs
Resided: Billinge, Nr St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Auchonvillers Military Cemetery - II. H. 10.

Family details:
Son of Peter and Ellen Anderton, of Billinge, Wigan. Mother & siblings are legatees.

Census details:
1901 - William N 7 is living with his parents Peter 47, Ellen 46 and siblings Annie (23), Lizzie (21), Jane (18), Elijah (11) at 161 Main Street, Billinge Chapel End, Nr St Helens. 1911 - William N 17 a student at Secondary School is living with his parents Peter 57, Ellen 56 and brother Elijah 21 at 161 Main Street, Billinge, Nr St Helens.

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=39]Remembered On The St. Aidan's C of E Church Memorial[/url]

William was born on the 11th of January 1894 the son of Peter and Ellen Anderton of 161 Main Street, Billinge, and was baptised on the 4th of February 1894 at St. Aidans C.E. Church. Peter was a provision dealer. William a former pupil of Ashton-in-Makerfield Grammar School and a student at St. Thomas`s C.E. School, Ashton, went to study at Bristol University where he joined the Univerity Territorials in 1912. After completing his course of training he joined Glazebury C.E. School and lived with his mother at Billinge Post Office, his father had died in 1913. Soon afterwards war broke out and he rejoined his regiment The Gloucesters on the 5th of August 1914, and left for the front in March 1915. William was killed by a shell on Sunday the 3rd of September 1916 aged 22 years, and is buried in the Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, Somme, near Arras, France, grave II.H.10. His name is recorded on St. Aidan`s Church Memorial and on the family grave headstone in St. Aidan`s Churchyard, grave 5/203. Sources:- St. Helens Local History Library, Soldiers killed in the Great War; The Commonwealth War Graves Commission; St. Aidans Church Registers; The Wigan Observer, 15th of September 1917. [url=http://sthelens-connect.net/sitefiles/billinge-history.pdf]Information Courtesy of The Billinge History Society[/url] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/AndertonWN_Glos.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of CQMS William Neville Anderton at Auchonvillers Military Cemetery (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]