Name
William F Whitmarsh
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/05/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
5003
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY
III. N. 16.
France
Headstone Inscription
No Report
UK & Other Memorials
Harpenden Town Memorial, Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Harpenden, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
William was born in 1892 in Harpenden to Henry George Whitmarsh, house painter, and Isabella (nee Smith).
The family lived in Heath Road, Harpenden. On the 1911 Census he gave occupation as a motor tyre worker.
Wartime Service
William volunteered on 5 May 1915 as Private 5003 Hertfordshire Regiment and also volunteered for overseas service.
After training with 3/1 Battalion he left Southampton on 13 March 1916 for 1st Battalion in France arriving on 8 April 1916. He was killed in action on 5 May 1916.
Additional Information
War gratuity of £3 and arrears of £2 17s 6d paid to father. William is mentioned in a very thorough biography for Jack Alfred Willmott by Paul Johnson, which appears in the website’s Archive section at: http://www.hertsatwar.co.uk/archives/hertfordshire-men-women-individuals-stories/jack-alfred-willmott-biography/
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild, Mary Skinner, Harpenden & District Local History Society (www.harpenden-history.org.uk)
