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WILLIAM JEFFERSON VINCENT

Died : 01 Oct 1918
Rank : Second Lieutenant
Service no at death:
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Surname: VINCENT
Forename: WILLIAM JEFFERSON
Initials: W J
Date of Birth 1899
Place of BirthMaryport, Cumberland
Place of Birth Source
Address Victoria Road, Ferndown
Schools attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
Employment / trade
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)Son of Hector and Blanche Vincent of Avenue Road, West Moors, Wimborne (Hector - Builder / Bricklayer)
Spouse Name
Notes
Regiment at call-upDorsetshire Regiment
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-upPrivate
Service no at call-upTR7/6727
Date of attestation -
Date of call-up -
Area reported to
Source
Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service details1st BN
transferred to 5th BN
Medal Card - 93rd T Res Bn
Went to France 1 Aug 1918
Other rank
Other service no
Service facts
Age at death19
Date of death 01 Oct 1918
Regiment at deathDorsetshire Regiment
Battalion at death
Rank at deathSecond Lieutenant
Circumstances of deathKIA
Service no at death
Field of action at death
Place of deathFrance
Location of graveSUCRERIE CEMETERY, EPINOY
PositionA. 8.
Other memorialsMemorial at All Saints Church, West Parley, nr Wimborne, Dorset. Also on West Moors and Ferndown British Legion Memorials Queen Elizabeth School memorial
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