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Surname: DEWHURST
Forename(s): William
Place of Birth: Helmshore, Lancashire
Service No: 67733
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Battalion / Unit: 217th Coy
Division: 20th (Light) Division
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1917-11-30
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 12 and 13.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Dewhurst was the son of Thomas and Ann Dewhurst, née Bielby and brother of Private Thomas Dewhurst (270379) (q.v.). Their father was born at Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire and mother at Flamborough, Yorkshire. William and Thomas's sister, Clara, the wife of Private Robert Hebden (29/618) (q.v.), died in the sinking of RMS 'Lusitania' on 7 May 1915.
1891 Musbury, Lancashire Census: 409, Spring Hill - William Dewhurst, aged 5 years, born Musbury, Lancashire, son of Thomas and Ann Dewhurst.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 1, East Avenue - Wm Dewhurst, aged 15 years, born Helmshore, Lancashire, son of Thomas and Ann Dewhurst.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 3, West Avenue - W. Dewhurst, aged 25 years, born Helmshore, Lancashire, son of Ann Dewhurst, widow.
The British Army Service Record for William Dewhurst exists but may be incomplete.
A short biography of William is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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L/Corporal William DEWHURST
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 20th (Light) Division
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18 January 1918
BARNOLDSWICK – WOUNDED AND MISSING
Private William Dewhurst, West Yorks. Regiment, son of Mrs. Dewhurst, Federation Street, Barnoldswick, has been posted as missing in France since November 27th.
04 July 1919
BARNOLDSWICK FAMILY’S THIRD BEREAVEMENT
The official intimation from the War Office presuming the death of Lance Corporal Wm. Dewhurst, Machine Gun Corps, represents the third loss during the war suffered by Mrs. Thos. Dewhurst, a widow residing at 3 Federation Street, Barnoldswick. Lance Corporal Dewhurst, who was 35 years of age and unmarried, had been missing since November 30th 1917, having arrived in France on the 17th March previous.
His elder brother, Pte. Thos. Dewhurst, was killed in August of the same year, while his only sister (Mrs. Robert Hebden) was lost on the Lusitania. Mrs. Dewhurst would be grateful for any more detailed information as to the fate of her son.
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18 January 1918
BARNOLDSWICK
Pte. Wm. Dewhurst, West Yorkshire Regiment, son of Mrs. Dewhurst, Federation Street, Barnoldswick, has been posted as missing in France since Nov. 27th.
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