WORKMAN William

  • First Name(s):
    William 
  • Surname:
    WORKMAN
  • Service Number:
    27350
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th January 1917
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 18 and 63.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Crowle, enlisted Birmingham
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs. A. Workman, of Crowle, Worcester

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WORKMAN William Is Named On These Memorials

Crowle School
Crowle St John the Baptist Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Crowle St John the Baptist Church with the additional information: Pte

Further Information About WORKMAN William

William Workman was born in 1891, the eldest of the 10 children of Nathan and Ann (nee Pugh) Workman.  Three of his siblings died in childhood and his father died at the age of 45 leaving his mother to raise 7 children on her own.  In 1911 William, aged 20, was working at Dean Farm, Hadzor near Droitwich as a farm labourer

Source for additional information:
Crowle in the Great War, The Parish in 1914.

A photograph of Private W. Workman of Crowle can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 19th May 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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