DRINKWATER William

  • First Name(s):
    William 
  • Surname:
    DRINKWATER
  • Service Number:
    10753
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Canadian Expeditionary Force
  • Regiment:
    Central Ontario Regiment
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    23rd April 1915
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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DRINKWATER William Is Named On These Memorials

Ripple St Mary’s Church
Ryall and Ripple War Memorial

Further Information About DRINKWATER William

William Drinkwater enlisted as a Private in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 22nd September 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Canada for a period of one year or for the duration of the war. On his attestation form he gave his date of birth as 29th July 1888 in Northwich, England, his occupation as a labourer and his next of kin as his father, John S. Drinkwater, 110 Middlewich Rd, Northwich, England. William was 5ft 5½ins tall with grey eyes, dark brown hair and a dark complexion.

National Archives of Canada Reference: RG150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2668 – 47.

The Canada War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty) records the following information on Private William Drinkwater:
“Killed in Action” in the vicinity of St. Julien.

The Canada Commonwealth War Graves Registers records the following information on Private William Drinkwater: Killed in action France. No record of burial. Killed in Area – Langermarck

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral, given as West Yorkshire Regiment.  There is no record of this casualty on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or Soldiers Died in the Great War under this regiment.

William Drinkwater has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.

Private William DRINKWATER served and died in WW1.

The unveiling of Ryall and Ripple War Memorial

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