Personal Details

Born: 17 May 1893, either in Whitchurch, Shropshire or Nantwich, Cheshire.

Family: He was possibly the son of Daniel Williams and his wife Jane (nee Pilbury) of Nantwich. He married Margaret E Starkey for the first time in 1916, the marriage being registered in Whitchurch. Together they had two children John W and Thomas. By 1939 they had divorced; a second marriage is recorded in 1942 between William and Elizabeth, also registered in Whitchurch.

Residence: The 1919 Absent Voters’ Register has an address of 3 Prince’s Yard, Whitchurch; by 1939 Margaret was living alone with the two boys at 1 Churtons Cottages, Bark Hill, Whitchurch and lists her marital state as divorced. At the same time it would appear that William was living as a single man in Barker Street, Nantwich, Cheshire. In 1977 his address was 18 Highgate, Whitchurch.

Employment: In 1939 he was working as a farm labourer/cowman.

Died: First quarter of 1977 in Whitchurch Cottage Hospital and buried on 18 January same year in Whitchurch Cemetery.

Military Details

Regiment: King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 4th Reserve

Rank: Not known

Service Number: 34805

Date of Enlistment: Not known

Date of Discharge: Not known

Reason for Discharge: Not known

Other Information: The 4th Reserve of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry were formed from the 3/4th Battalion Territorial Force in April 1916. In 1917 they moved to Swansea and the following year to Pembroke Dock.