JORDAN William

  • First Name(s):
    William 
  • Surname:
    JORDAN
  • Service Number:
    24117
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Gloucestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    14th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    27th May 1916
  • Age At Death:
    30
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richbourg-L'Avoue, France, Grave III. J. 1.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Foster son of Mrs S. Knowles, 62 Spring St., Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

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JORDAN William Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Surname incorrectly spelt JORDON on the memorial

Further Information About JORDAN William

William Jordan worked as a mill feeder at Messrs Timmis of Lye. He enlisted at Worcester and was sent to the 14th Battalion of the Gloucesters. In January 1916 they crossed the Channel and went to the Artois sector for front line training. Any front line was dangerous and, although there was no organised military action in progress at the time, Private William Jordan was killed in action on the 27th May 1916. The likely cause of death was shell-fire.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.