Potter, Wilfred Joseph –

Son of Mr. Joseph Potter, of 55, Church Street, Little Lever, Lancashire, and formerly of 209, Church Street, Little Lever, Lancashire. Formerly employed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company in the stores department at Burnden Loco Works. Enlisted January 1915. Wounded at Hooge, near Ypres, on 09/08/1915.

Personal details

  • Surname: Potter
  • Forename: Wilfred Joseph
  • Date of birth: March 6th, 1897
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Little Lever, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: Not known
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: Not known
  • Service number: 16982
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Not known
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 22/01/1915
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7f
  • Bolton Chronicle: 06/07/1917
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 27/08/1915 01/10/1915

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