Name
William Norman Cameron Wells
1899
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/10/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
305911
London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
5th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ST. AUBERT BRITISH CEMETERY
II.A.10
France
Headstone Inscription
AT REST
UK & Other Memorials
St Francis of Assisi Memorial, Hammerfield, St John the Evangelist Memorial Church, Boxmoor, Not on the Hemel Hempstead Memorial
Pre War
William Norman Cameron Wells was born in 1899 in Boxmoor, Herts, the eldest son of Charles and Jessie Wells (nee Cameron).
On the 1901 Census, the family were living at 58 Oxberry Avenue, Fulham, London, where his father was working as a Butler. By 1911, although still in Fulham, they had moved to 11 Rostrevor Road, Fulham, with his father remaining in employment as a Butler.
His parents later lived at 31 Richmond Gardens, Shepherds Bush, London.
Wartime Service
William enlisted in Hammersmith and served as a Rifleman with the 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade) of the London Regiment.
He was killed in action in France.
Additional Information
His father, Mr C W Wells, 31 Richmond Gardens, Shepherd's Bush, W12, ordered his headstone inscription: "AT REST", he received a war gratuity of £6 and his pay owing of £6 19s 1s.
His name is also commemorated on a family grave at Heath Lane Cemetery, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
