Name
William George Fountain
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/05/1917
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
M2/137319
Army Service Corps
570th Mechanical Transport Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MOROGORO CEMETERY
III. B. 3.
Tanzania
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial
All Saints Church Memorial, Hertford
Pre War
Born on 18 Jan 1882 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey and baptised on 16 Apr 1882 in St Mary’s, Walton-on-Thames son of George and Elizabeth Mary Fountain. He married Gertrude Emma Bonfield on 5 Aug 1907 at Tewin and they lived in Camfield Cottages, Wild Hill, Hatfield in 1911. He was a chauffeur and had four children. They were living in Mangrove Lodge, Hertford when he enlisted.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Bedford on 28 Oct 1915 and embarked at Southampton on the SS Trafford on 25 Dec 1915 for East Africa and died at 52nd Casualty Clearing Station, Mikesse from blackwater fever having previously suffered from dysentery and malaria.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
