WILLIS John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    WILLIS
  • Service Number:
    12153
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Dorsetshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    6th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    5th August 1915
  • Age At Death:
    45
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave I. C. 15A.
  • Place of Birth:
    Stoke Prior, resident Selly Oak, enlisted Birmingham
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John and Hannah Willis, 48 Sagebury Terrace, Stoke Works

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WILLIS John Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove St John the Baptist Church WW1 Memorial
Stoke Works Council School now in Stoke Prior First School

Further Information About WILLIS John

John Willis was born at Stoke Prior in 1870, the son of John and Hannah Willis of Sagebury Terrace, Stoke Works.  Prior to enlisting at Birmingham he was employed as a labourer.  He went to France on13th July 1915.

Bromsgrove Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, 21st August 1915:
Private J Willis, 6th Dorsets, son of Mr John Willis, Sagebury Terrace, Stoke Works, died on August 5th from the effect of a shrapnel wound received the previous day in Flanders. Private Willis, who was about 45 years of age and worked at Selly Oak, enlisted last September but did not go to France until last month.  He had only been in the trenches about twelve hours when he received his fatal injuries.  A letter from his Company Officer testifies to the deceased’s pluck and to his popularity with his comrades.  The deceased was a single man.

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