WALDRON William

  • First Name(s):
    William 
  • Surname:
    WALDRON
  • Service Number:
    S28572
  • Rank:

    Rifleman

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 34389 Gloucestershire Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    5th March 1917
  • Age At Death:
    28
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 16B and 16C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Worcester, enlisted Cheltenham
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William and Ellen Waldron, 65 Church Rd, Astwood Rd, Worcester

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WALDRON William Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester St Barnabas Church
Worcester St Clements Church

Further Information About WALDRON William

William Waldron was born in Worcester in 1888, the son of William and Ellen Stone (nee Jones) who had married in 1887. William was the eldest of the couple’s 7 children, at least 5 of whom were boys. On the 1911 census William is employed as a clerk for a moneylender while his father works as a driller at the railway signal works. William enlisted as a private in the Rifle Brigade sometime during 1916. He was killed in action on the Somme on 5th March 1917.

William Waldron has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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