AUSTIN William Henry

  • First Name(s):
    William 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    AUSTIN
  • Service Number:
    10190
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    11th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Arras Memorial, France, Bay 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Rocester, Staffordshire, resident Hadley, Ombersley, Worcestershire, enlisted Warwick
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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AUSTIN William Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Bentley Pauncefoot C of E School now Bentley Village Hall
Salwarpe St Michael’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Salwarpe St Michael’s Church with the information: L/Cpl

Further Information About AUSTIN William Henry

1911 Census:
Hill Top, Webheath, Redditch
Thomas Austin, head, age 47, coachman domestic
Mary Ann Austin, wife, age 28, married one year
Percy Thomas Austin, son, age 20
William Henry Austin, son, age 15, domestic servant born Rocester, Staffordshire
Arthur Frederick Austin, son, age 13
Albert Edward Austin, son, age 5

The birth of William Henry Austin is registered in the September Quarter 1895 under the Uttoxeter Registration District.

The following information from the Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger, 12th May 1917 may relate to this casualty:
Lance Corporal William Austin of Bentley, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Missing since 9th April. His brother, Private Fred Austin, 10579, Royal Warwickshire Regiment received a severe wound in his right arm on the same day and is now in hospital at Wrexham. Both brothers attended Bentley Schools and enlisted in 1914.  William, the elder brother, fought at Ypres and the Somme.

William Austin has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Arras Memorial.

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Credits: Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger researched and transcribed by Adrian Carter.