WILLETTS John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    WILLETTS
  • Service Number:
    108064
  • Rank:

    Sapper

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Engineers
  • Corps:
    Corps of Royal Engineers
  • Regiment:
    Royal Engineers
  • Unit:
    458th Field Company
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 21572, Welch Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    17th May 1918
  • Age At Death:
    40
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Boulogne Eastern cemetery, France, Grave IX. B. 54.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Birmingham, enlisted Bridgend, Glamorgan
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Brother of Annie Clift, 16 Whitehall Rd., Halesowen, Birmingham

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

WILLETTS John Is Named On These Memorials

Halesowen War Memorial
Hasbury School

Further Information About WILLETTS John

Surname spelt Willets on Soldiers Died in the Great War.

1881 Census
Lower Hasbury
Henry Willetts, head, aged 36, General Labourer
Honor Willetts, wife, aged 35
Annie Willetts, daughter, aged 12
Bertha Willetts, daughter, aged 11
Edith Willetts, daughter, aged 9
Mary A. Willetts, daughter, aged 5
John Willetts, son, aged 3
Pamela Willetts, daughter, aged 6 months

Honor Willetts died aged 36 during the September Quarter 1882 and Henry married Annie Parsons during the June Quarter 1886.

1891 Census
Lower Hasbury
Henry Willetts, head, aged 45, Coal Mine Labourer
Annie Willetts, wife, aged 34
Bertha Willetts, daughter, aged 21
Mary Ann Willetts, daughter, aged 15
John Willetts, son, aged 13
Pamela Willetts, daughter, aged 10
Harry Willetts, son, aged 3
Lilian Elsie Willetts, daughter, aged 1

John’s married sister Annie, aged 22, lived next door to the family with her husband Walter Clift and their 6 month old son Harry.

1901 Census
Hagley Road, Hasbury
Henry Willetts, head, aged 54, Grocer, Own account
Annie Willetts, wife, aged 43
John Willetts, son, aged 23, House Painter
Pamela Willetts, daughter, aged 20
Harry Willetts, son, aged 13
Elsie Willetts, daughter, aged 11
Stanley Willetts, son, aged 9
Constance Willetts, daughter, aged 8
Leslie Willetts, son, aged 6
Heber Willetts, son, aged 4

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