GERRETT William Slater

  • First Name(s):
    William 
    Slater 
  • Surname:
    GERRETT
  • Service Number:
    16664
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    10th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    [4th Battalion on CWGC]
  • Date of Death:
    27th February 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont, France, Grave I. F. 8.
  • Place of Birth:
    Claines, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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GERRETT William Slater Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester St Stephen’s Church

Further Information About GERRETT William Slater

The following report appears in the Kidderminster Times, 7th April 1917:
Private William Slater Gerrett, 16664, 10th Battalion Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Son of Mr and Mrs T.S. Gerrett, Lavender Road, Worcester.  Died in hospital from wounds received in action on 27th February.  The report includes a photograph of William Gerrett.

A photograph of Private W.S. Gerrett of Worcester can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 24th March 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

The following information has been researched by Geoff Hill:
1911 Census
52 Lavender Road, Barbourne
William S. Gerrett, aged 26, house decorator, painter
At the same address: Thomas S. (father), lithographic printer porcelain works, mother, 2 brothers and 1 sister.

William Gerrett served in France from the 22nd September 1915. There is no easily found information to say where or when William Gerrett was wounded.

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Credits: Kidderminster Times researched and transcribed by Adrian Carter.