Pte
William Reay
Military Details
Service Number: 41777
Regiment & Unit / Ship
1st Lancashire Fusiliers
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Frizington
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
1st
Service Number at Enlistment
24992
Service History
Transfer Details
Regiment Transferred To
Border Regiment
Personal Details
Date of Birth
14 Apr 1897
Place of Birth
Lamplugh
Residence (Census)
12 Bairds Buildings ,Kirkland
Parents
Walter & Mary Jane (nee Dixon)
Siblings
Mallinson,Walter,Martha,Thomas,Edward,Mary,Grace,Harrison,Wilfred
Education and Occupation
School
Lamplugh Parochial
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
30th May 1917
Age at Death
20
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Theater of Action
France & Flanders
Battle
Battle of Arras
Regiment at Death
Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
1st
Rank at Death
Pte
Buried or Commemorated at
VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT
France
Grave Position: V. G. 24.
Private Memorial: Primitive Methodists Roll of Honour/Cleator Moor Methodists church
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