MUSGROVE William Martin

  • First Name(s):
    William 
    Martin 
  • Surname:
    MUSGROVE
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Border Regiment
  • Battalion:
    5th Battalion
  • Unit:
    Attached London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    15th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France, Grave VII. F. 13.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of W.H. and E.L. Musgrove, of Kendal

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MUSGROVE William Martin Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: Second- Lieut.

Further Information About MUSGROVE William Martin

William Musgrove was born in 1896. He attended Bromsgrove School from 1910 to 1914 where he played for the school XV team. He enlisted in the Liverpool Scottish in November 1914 but was later transferred with a Commission to the Border Regiment where he was Signal Officer. In October 1916 he went to France and was transferred to the London Regiment with which he was serving at the time of death. He had on a previous occasion been slightly wounded but on April 14th he was again so severely wounded that an operation had to be performed; he died the following day.

Source: Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by Philip Bowen and Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by David Cross.

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