Serjeant 10584 William Pollitt
Regiment/Unit: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1)
Date Entered Therein: 06/03/1915
Age at death: 32
Date of death: 8th of May 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Liverpool
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 42 and 44.
BMD details:
Birth reg Q1 1881 Prescot. Vol 8b page 747. Mother's maiden name Sampson
Family details:
Half Sister & Sole Legatee: Mrs Catherine Sampson
Census details:
1891 : William 8, scholar,b Prescot is living with his widowed mother Margaret 43 and sibling Albert E 6 at Queensland Street, West Derby. Also Margaret's widowed mother Margaret Sampson 74 1901 : William 18, Under Ship Steward, is living with his widowed mother Margaret 54 and sibling Albert E 16 at 4 Queensland Street West Derby. Also Catherine M Sampson 32 daughter of Margaret Pollitt and her husband Edward 31 and their 6 children
Notes:
Age taken from census information
Age taken from census information
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/10584WilliamPollitt.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/Serjeant_William_Pollitt.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Serjeant William Pollitt on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of [url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1966751]Find A Grave[/url])[/caption]
