- First Name(s):WilliamHerbert
- Surname:CHANCE
- Service Number:4127
- Rank:
Rifleman
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Regiment:London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
- Battalion:8th Battalion
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:27th May 1916
- Age At Death:24
- Cause of Death:Died of wounds
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Worcester (St. John's) Cemetery, England, Grave 4544.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Chance, 4 Bridge St, Worcester, husband of Beatrice Alice Prince (formerly Chance) 198 Marsh Lane, Erdington, Birmingham
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Further Information About CHANCE William Herbert
Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.
Enlisted London, resident Worcester.
1901 Census
9 York Place, Worcester
William Chance, grandson, age 8.
1911Census
9 York Place, Worcester
William Chance, grandson, age 18, no occupation, b. St Stephens
As parents mentioned unsure why living with grandparents on both census.
William Herbert Chance, occupation: postman (army), resident Malvern Road, died in Netley Hospital, Southampton. Buried in St John’s Cemetery on 31st May 1916, aged 23 years. Ceremony performed by J.H. Waugh.
Source for additional information: Register of burials in St John’s Cemetery, entry no 2613, available on microfilm at Worcestershire Archives.
A photograph of Rifleman Chance can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 20th May 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.
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Credits: 1901 and 1911 census researched and transcribed by Paul Hudson.