Name
William Henry Britton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
12442
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
6th Battalion
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
William Britton was born at Arthingworth, Northamptonshire in 1892. His father, William (senior) was employed as a Butler, and in 1892 the Britton family lived at 68 Northampton Road, Little Bowden, Northamptonshire. William (senior) and Alice Britton had two children, William (junior) and his older sster, Gertrude. By 1911 William (junior) lived as a Boarder with George and Frances Feary, and their family at Railway Terrace, Abbots Langley, and worked locally as a Sales Office Clerk.
Early in the War William attested and was first recorded in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour in October 1914, serving with Kitchener’s Army. In December 1914 the Parish Magazine noted that he was now serving with the 11th East Surrey’s, and it appeared that he continued to serve with this battalion until at least January 1917, where he was shown serving with the 9th East Surrey. In August 1917 the Parish Magazine reported that a daughter had been born to William and Nora Britton on 26th August 1917, which indicated that at some point before this date William had married.
Sometime in the 1917 he was transferred again, this time to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and he remained with this unit until after the War ended. He was listed in the Absent Voter Records in Autumn 1918 and Spring 1919, serving the rank of Sergeant with the 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers. His address was given at Railway Terrace, Abbots Langley.
William Britton survived the War.
Additional Information
Formerly 9th & 11th Battalions East Surrey Regiment
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
