WILLIAMS Royston

  • First Name(s):
    Royston 
  • Surname:
    WILLIAMS
  • Service Number:
    5380904
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Gordon Highlanders
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    17th August 1944
  • Age At Death:
    34
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    St. Desir War Cemetery, France, Grave III. E. 9.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Thomas Lawson Williams and Louie Williams; husband of Ellen Caroline Williams, of Hallow, Worcestershire

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WILLIAMS Royston Is Named On These Memorials

Hallow St Philip and St James’s Church

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: Private 1st Gordon Highlanders

Further Information About WILLIAMS Royston

Appears on the Army casualty list for Worcestershire.

A letter from the Reverend W.J. Reynolds, Hallow Vicarage dated 18th September 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Royston Williams be added to the county roll of honour.

The following information has been researched by John Barry and Sandra Taylor:
Thomas Lawson Williams married Louis Scott-Thorne in Worcestershire in 1915. Over the next 14 years there are records for the birth of 4 children within Worcestershire but there is no record of the birth of Royston Williams. His age may be incorrect in the CWGC records, he may have been illegitimate or he may have been adopted by the couple. His parents and his wife appear on the 1939 Register but there is no record of Royston.

1939 Register
Park Farm, Church Lane, Hallow
Thomas L. Williams, born 14th April 1893, Farmer, RAF Officer Reserve 2nd Lieutenant
Louie Williams, born 1st January 1890, Unpaid Domestic Duties
Brenda M. Williams, born 3rd February 1917, Land Girl Heavy Worker
The next record is officially closed (this would be the couples youngest daughter born in 1929)
Albert S.H.S. Williams, born 4th September 1925, Ditto (probably At School or similar)

1939 Register
49 Pitmaston Road, Worcester
Ellen Caroline Williams, born 8th May 1925, House Duties

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