Name
William Arthur Darrington
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/07/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
25247
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
2nd (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 8C,9A and 16A
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Stained Glass Window, Hitchin Boys Grammar School,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
His father was Mr W. H. M. Darrington, the proprietor of a wholesale bookbinding business, living at Trevor House, Trevor Road, Hitchin. Born in Tottenham in north London, he had a brilliant academic career at the Hitchin Grammar School which he attended from 1903-1910. He obtained first class honours in the Senior Local Examinations and a high place in the Second Division of the Civil Service Examination. He left to go to Clark's College in London.
He gave up a good position in February 1916 to join the 22nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, having been recruited in Church End Finchley.
Wartime Service
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild