Name
William Morris Vincent
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/03/1917
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Suffolk Regiment
8th Bn., attached Essex Regiment 1st/4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
JERUSALEM MEMORIAL
Panel 16.
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 1 Jul 1890 in Wanstead, Essex son of William and Elizabeth Mary (Morris) Vincent of Ebbsfleet, Epsom. Educated at Haileybury College 1904-07 and admitted as a solicitor in Jul 1914. He married Florence Marianne Grellier, of St. Martin's Croft, Epsom, Surrey on 10 Dec 1915 at Epsom.
Wartime Service
Gazetted 2nd Lieut on 12 Dec 1914, entered Egypt with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force and was killed in action at Gaza.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
