DEAKIN William Ernest

  • First Name(s):
    William 
    Ernest 
  • Surname:
    DEAKIN
  • Service Number:
    203712
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/7th Battalion
  • Unit:
    C Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    5th May 1917
  • Age At Death:
    28
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, Peronne, France, Grave II. B. 11.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George and Alice Deakin, of Elms Green, Abberley, Worcester

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

DEAKIN William Ernest Is Named On These Memorials

Abberley St Mary’s Church
Pensax and Stockton War Memorial for Peace

Further Information About DEAKIN William Ernest

1. William Ernest Deakin was born on Tuesday 7th May 1889 at 3 Spring Gardens, Worralls Common, Pensax, the eldest child of George Deakin and his wife Alice, nee Alyes. He was baptised at St James the Greater Church, Pensax on Sunday 14th July 1889. On 31st July 1893 he entered Pensax School where he remained until the age of 14, leaving school on the 8th May 1903. In December 1905 the family moved to Abberley, first to Glazzards Green and then to Elms Green.

2. A photograph of Private W.E. Deakin of Abberley can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 27th October 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: 1. Researched and transcribed by Jo Roche. 2. Researched by Sandra Taylor.