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William Henry WORFOLK, 1916, age 20

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • Apr 26, 1896

  • Sheffield, Yorkshire, England1,2,3,4

  • Baptism:

  • Sep 21, 1898 (age 2)

  • Sheffield, Yorkshire, England4

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  • Address: St. Mary's Church, Walkley

  • Residence:

  • Sep 21, 1898 (age 2)

  • Sheffield, Yorkshire, England4

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  • Address: 79 Harworth Street

  • Census:

  • Mar 31, 1901 (age 4)

  • Sheffield, Yorkshire, England5

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  • Address: 79 Harworth Street

  • Census:

  • Apr 2, 1911 (age 14)

  • Sheffield, Yorkshire, England6

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  • Address: 79 Harworth Street

  • Occupation:

  • Apr 2, 1911 (age 14)

  • Grinder Table Blade; Sheffield, Yorkshire, England6

  • Residence:

  • Jul 5, 1916 (age 20)

  • Sheffield, Yorkshire, England7,8

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  • Address: 79 Harworth Street

  • Death:

  • Jul 5, 1916 (age 20)

  • France2,8,9

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  • Cause: First World War

  • Burial:

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  • Warloy-Baillon, France9

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  • Address: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension

Individual Note

Died in France on 05 July 1916.

 

Rank - Private

Regiment - York and Lancaster

Unit - 1st/4th Bn.

Service No - 1831

Cemetery - Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension

Grave / Memorial Reference - I. C. 15

 

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=75262

 

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Portion of email from Steve Billings to Helen Durnan, 06 May 2003:

 

"In London last week I had a couple of hours spare and called into the National Archives at Kew (where all Great War anoraks like myself hang out) and I found your great uncle's records on microfilm.

 

He joined the territorial army on 9th March 1914 (ie before the war) when he was 17 yrs11m of age, 5'5" tall, weighing 120lbs and with a 32.5" chest. He was a grinder by trade and lived at 79 Harworth St in the parish of Grimethorpe.

 

He didn't go out to France until 13th April 1915, was wounded on 1st Aug 1915 and came home, but rejoined his battalion on 26th Sept. In 1916 he was deprived 5 days pay for not being in possession of a shirt and another 3 days pay on a separate occasion for losing clothing. (Must have been a forgetful bloke).

 

He was wounded again on 3rd July 1916 and died of his wounds on 5th July.

 

The Battle of the Somme started on 1st July, his battalion war diary shows on the 3rd July they were in Thiepval Wood (Somme) in support and were shelled during the day... 93 other ranks (non-officers) were wounded. So it looks like the dysentry tale is wrong and he was more likely wounded by enemy shelling during the Battle of the Somme."

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Sources

1.

Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901.). Ancestry, Waterfront Building

Hammersmith Embankment

Chancellors Road

London

W6 9RU. Tel: +44 208 846 3620, Email: support@ancestry.co.uk, Web: http://www.ancestry.com.

2.

World War One Service Record - William Worfolk.

3.

FreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.). Entry for William Worfolk. Cit. Date: Q2 1896. Ancestry, Waterfront Building

Hammersmith Embankment

Chancellors Road

London

W6 9RU. Tel: +44 208 846 3620, Email: support@ancestry.co.uk, Web: http://www.ancestry.com.

4.

Baptism Record, William Henry Worfolk, 1898, (Find My Past, Yorkshire Baptisms Sheffield Archives & Local Studies PR-89-1-1 Page 241). Cit. Date: September 21, 1898. Find My Past, Findmypast.co.uk

Fourth Floor

117 Fenchurch Street

London

EC3M 5DY. Tel: 020 3326 6300, Email: info@findmypast.co.uk, Web: http://www.findmypast.co.uk.

5.

Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901.). Cit. Date: March 31, 1901. Ancestry, Waterfront Building

Hammersmith Embankment

Chancellors Road

London

W6 9RU. Tel: +44 208 846 3620, Email: support@ancestry.co.uk, Web: http://www.ancestry.com.

6.

FindMyPast.co.uk, 1911 England Census [images online], (London, England: FindMyPast.co.uk. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1911. RG14PN27707 RG78PN1587 RD509 SD1 ED7 SN310). Cit. Date: April 2, 1911. Find My Past, Findmypast.co.uk

Fourth Floor

117 Fenchurch Street

London

EC3M 5DY. Tel: 020 3326 6300, Email: info@findmypast.co.uk, Web: http://www.findmypast.co.uk.

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Yorkshire Telegraph and Star - 05 July 1918. British Newspaper Archive. Tel: 01382 210100, Web: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

8.

Yorkshire Telegraph and Star - 27 July 1916. British Newspaper Archive. Tel: 01382 210100, Web: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

9.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register [index on-line], (The "Debt of Honour Register" is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated.). Casualty details for W WORFOLK, died 05 July 1916. Cit. Date: July 5, 1916. Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7DX. Tel: 01628 507200, Web: http://www.cwgc.org.