Private 51631 William Norman
Regiment/Unit: Cheshire Regiment - 15th Bn
Theatre of War: France and Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: France and Flanders
Date Entered Therein: 21/10/1917
Previous Reg/Num: 42002 Pte South Lancashire Regiment
Date of death: 24th of March 1918
(Sunday)
Born: Liverpool
Resided: Sutton St Helens
Burial / Memorial: Serre Road Cemetery No2 - XV11. E. 1
Census details:
1911 William Norman 27 Railway Labourer is living with his wife Agnes 25 and child Elizabeth at 11 Derby Street, Garston, Lancashire
Notes:
MIC shows William Norman was entitled to Victory Medal and British War Medal
William Norman attested as 42002 Pte William Norman 3rd South Lancashire Regiment 11 Dec 1915 at St Helens.A married miner aged 32 living 235 Leach Lane, Sutton, St Helens. Next of kin wife Agnes Norman 235 Leach Lane, St Helens.
Posted to BEF 18 Oct 1917, disembarked Le Havre 21 Oct 1917 and transferred to Cheshire Regiment 25 Oct 1917. Renumbered 51631.
Reported missing 28 Mar 1918 and declared killed in action on 24 Mar 1918.
SHROH ref. 3601