GAMBLE Wilfred George

  • First Name(s):
    Wilfred 
    George 
  • Surname:
    GAMBLE
  • Service Number:
    20890
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    3rd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    7th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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GAMBLE Wilfred George Is Named On These Memorials

Hanley Castle St Mary’s Church
Hanley Swan Our Lady and St Alphonsus RC Church

Further Information About GAMBLE Wilfred George

W.G. Gamble, Lance Corporal, Worcestershire Regiment was employed by the Midland Railway as a Dray Boy in the Goods Department at Malvern Wells Station.  These details are recorded in the company’s memorial book.

Source: In Remembrance of the Brave Men of the Midland Railway who Gave their Lives in the Great War 1914-1919. Published by the company to coincide with the unveiling of the Midland Railway War Memorial at Derby on Thursday 15th December 1921 at 11.45am.

A photograph of Lance Corporal W. Gamble can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 26th August 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Wilfred Gamble has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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