Name
John William Welch
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/08/1917
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
37340
Royal Berkshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 45.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Not on the St Albans memorials (*1)
Pre War
Son of Mrs. Ada Welch, of 174, Desborough Rd., High Wycombe, Bucks.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War database records that he was born in St Albans and enlisted in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Wartime Service
Formerly 5688 in the OX and Bucks Light Infantry.
Additional Information
SDITGW gives his service number at 37349.
*1 The St Albans Cathedral Diocese records confirm a connection to the parish of St Albans, although he is not listed on the memorials.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
