Name
William Cornhill
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/03/1918
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
51900
Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)
9th Squadron
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
II. B. 27.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Broxbourne Town Memorial,
St Augustine’s Church Memorial, Hoddesdon,
Hoddesdon and Rye Park Town Memorial, Hoddesdon,
St Catherine and St Paul’s Church Memorial, Hoddesdon
Pre War
Born in 1893 in Broxbourne son of James and Harriet Cornhill and living in 10 Spital Brook, Hoddesdon in 1901 and 10 High Street, Hoddesdon in 1911. He was a domestic coachman.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk formerly 3352 9th Lancers and died of wounds.
Additional Information
Brother of Private Herbert Charles Cornhill who died of wounds on 22 Apr 1918 and of Private Arthur John Cornhill who was killed in action on 18 Nov 1916 and who are also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Richard Barber
