Name
William F Cole
1898
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/09/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
TF/265473
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
1st/9th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
XXI. K. 22.
Iraq
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Borehamwood Town Memorial, All Saints Church Memorial, Borehamwood
Pre War
William Frederick Cole was the adopted son of William Cole, a House Painter and Eliza Cole, he was born in 1898, in St. Pancras, London.
1911 Census records William aged 13, at school, and living with his family at 2, Laurel Cottages, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Herts.
Wartime Service
William enlisted at the outbreak of war, joining the 1st/9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridges Own), with the service number, formerly 1628, later TF/265473.
It is believed William was a prisoner of war when he died of disease on 24 September 1916, aged 18.
He is buried in the CWGC- Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
Additional Information
His effects of £27-8s-10d, Pay Owing and £9, War Gratuity went to his Stepfather William Cole.
Acknowledgments
Taff Williams, Stuart Osborne
Jonty Wild, Taff Williams,
