- WilliamSlater
- GERRETT
- 16664
Private
- WW1
- Army
- Infantry
- Worcestershire Regiment
- 10th Battalion
- [4th Battalion on CWGC]
- 27th February 1917
- Died of wounds
- Unknown
- Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont, France, Grave I. F. 8.
- Claines, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcestershire
- Unknown
- Unknown
GERRETT William Slater Is Named On These Memorials
Further Information About GERRETT William Slater
The following report appears in the Kidderminster Times, 7th April 1917:
Private William Slater Gerrett, 16664, 10th Battalion Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Son of Mr and Mrs T.S. Gerrett, Lavender Road, Worcester. Died in hospital from wounds received in action on 27th February. The report includes a photograph of William Gerrett.
A photograph of Private W.S. Gerrett of Worcester can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 24th March 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.
The following information has been researched by Geoff Hill:
1911 Census
52 Lavender Road, Barbourne
William S. Gerrett, aged 26, house decorator, painter
At the same address: Thomas S. (father), lithographic printer porcelain works, mother, 2 brothers and 1 sister.
William Gerrett served in France from the 22nd September 1915. There is no easily found information to say where or when William Gerrett was wounded.