Historic Records Men of 1914

  Arrived overseas: 23 August 1914. Connection: Photograph. William joined the army on the 10th March 1913 and he was still in the UK, completing his training at Dover, when Britain went to war in August 1914. This photo of him is undated but probably dates to about June or July 1913. Wiliam set foot ashore on the same day that the BEF first engaged the German Army at Mons, and shortly afterwards, William too was in the thick of the fighting. He was an early casualty, reported wounded and recuperating in the 2nd Northern General Hospital in Leeds by October 1914. He did not return to France and was discharged as a result of wounds on the 24th July 1915. Nothing else is known about this man.