Wallwork, William –

Younger son of William and Alice Wallwork, of 33, Hawthorne Road, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Formerly employed by the Bolton Post Office. Enlisted October 1914. Attached to the Brigade. Headquarters he was instantly killed by a shell.

Personal details

  • Surname: Wallwork
  • Forename: William
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 21
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: September 8th, 1916
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Sapper
  • Unit: 16th Division Signal Company.
  • Service number: 58176
  • 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: Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France
  • CWGC reference: I. E. 4.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 04/12/1914 24/12/1914 22/09/1916 29/12/1916 07/09/1917
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7f 7d 6c* S19* 4h

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