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William Moffat Temple
Military Details
Service Number: 74242
Regiment & Unit / Ship
10th Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derby Regiment
Enlisted
20th March 1917
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
20/3/1917
Place of Enlistment
Whitehaven
Residence at Enlistment
4 Birks Cottages , Cleator . Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
64th Bttn.
Service Number at Enlistment
74242
Service History
Embarked France 8/12/1917 Posted 11th Bttn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 11/12/1917 Transferred to 10th Bttn, Notts & Derby Regiment 6/4/1918
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1899
Place of Birth
Hensingham
Religion
C of E
Address
2 Railway Cottages , Moresby Parks , Whitehaven
Residence (Census)
4 Rheda Terrace , Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
2 Railway Cottages , Moresby Parks , Whitehaven
Parents
Joseph Henry & Frances Temple nee Moffat
Siblings
Osmond, Mary Ellen
Education and Occupation
Occupation
2nd hand at borehole
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
22nd April 1918
Age at Death
19
Circumstances of Death
Killed in action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Notts & Derby Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
10th Sherwood Foresters
Rank at Death
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Buried or Commemorated at
AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART
France
Grave Position: I. H. 22.
Private Memorial: St Johns War memorial
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