Name
William Edward Brace
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
31/10/1914
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
7482
3rd (King's Own) Hussars
NA
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 5.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Much Hadham memorials
Pre War
Born in London son of William Brace and was living in Much Hadham.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at London, entered France on 15 Aug 1914 His regiment arrived at Rouen in France on 17th August 1914. By the 21st they were in action opposing the German Cavalry at Mons. William was missing presumed killed in action near Ypres. In October, they were fighting as infantry, holding the lines at Messines. On one day in October (possibly the 30th) fifty percent of the Regiment became casualties.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, “Lest We Forget – Much Hadham 1914-18” by Richard Maddams (Much Hadham Forge Museum)
