GREENWAY William Henry

  • First Name(s):
    William 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    GREENWAY
  • Service Number:
    Y682
  • Rank:

    Rifleman

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    King's Royal Rifle Corps
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Unit:
    C Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    9th September 1916
  • Age At Death:
    22
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France, Grave XV.H.20.
  • Place of Birth:
    St John's, Worcester, enlisted Birmingham
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William and Ann Elizabeth Greenway, 173 Wylds Lane, Worcester

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GREENWAY William Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Birmingham Goods District War Memorial now in Severn Valley Railway Museum
Worcester St Martin’s Church

Further Information About GREENWAY William Henry

Great Western Railway Roll of Honour:
Rifleman W.H. Greenway, London and North Western Railway, Goods Porter. Curzon St.

William Greenway was employed by the London and North West Railway as a Goods Porter at Curzon Street Station, Birmingham.  Listed in the London and North Western Railwaymen Roll of Honour Book with the additional information: Rifleman.

A photograph of Rifleman W.H. Greenway can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 10th October 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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