HALSE William James

  • First Name(s):
    William 
    James 
  • Surname:
    HALSE
  • Service Number:
    153949
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
  • Battalion:
    7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    28th June 1944
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Bayeux War Cemetery, France, Grave III. J. 25.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    South Littleton
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of E. Stanley Halse and Ethel W. Halse, of South Littleton, Worcestershire

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HALSE William James Is Named On These Memorials

South Littleton St Michael’s Church

Further Information About HALSE William James

B.A., Honours (Oxford)

Born Worcester in 1917.

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

The following information has been researched by John Barry:
1939 Register
Roberts Lane, Evesham
Halse Ethel W. born 15th June 1888, widow, Unpaid Domestic Work
Halse Roger C., born 27th May 1922, at school
Halse George S., born 6th May 1924, at school

11th July 1944
Deaths
HALSE – In June, 1944, died of wounds, Lieut. William James Halse, Duke of Wellington’s Regt., eldest son of the late Stanley Halse and of Mrs Halse, Goodwins, South Littleton, Evesham, aged 26.

Probate 1945
HALSE William James of South Littleton Worcestershire, died 28 June 1944 on war service Probate Birmingham 22 February to Ethel Webber Halse widow and Robert Freethy Halse civil servant Effects £384. 7s. 8d.

Evesham Standard, Saturday 1st November 1947:
Bells Dedicated at Littleton
Large Congregation at St Nicholas
There was a packed church at St Nicholas, Middle Littleton, on Wednesday, when the Bishop of Worcester (Dr W. Cash) rededicated five bells and dedicated another recently installed to honour two local men who were killed while serving in the war.
The inscription on this bell read: “World War. 1939-45. Victory Bell. To the Glory of God and those who Served from this Parish, Victor Donald Emms (R.A.F.) William James Halse (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment), who gave their lives.”
The service was conducted by the Vicar, Rev. E.F. Waddy, and the lessons were read by the lay reader, Mr L. R. Smith. A joint choir of South and Middle Littleton church singers led the hymns. A collection amounting to £22 was taken and this will go towards the deficit of £100 on the Bell Fund. On Wednesday evening the bells were tolled by Offenham ringers.

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Credits: Researched by Andy Frisby.