William Edmund BUSHBY

Main CPGW Record

Surname: BUSHBY

Forename(s): William Edmund

Place of Birth: West Burton, Yorkshire

Service No: 82230

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Durham Light Infantry

Battalion / Unit: 20th (Service) Battalion. (Wearside)

Division: 41st Division

Age: 19

Date of Death: 1918-11-02

Awards: Croix de Guerre (France)

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: V. C. 4.

CWGC Cemetery: VICHTE MILITARY CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: AYSGARTH, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: WEST BURTON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

William Edmund Bushby was the son of Edmund and Mary Isabella Bushby, née Hargraves. Edmund was born at Newbiggin and Mary at Walden, Yorkshire.

1901 Burton cum Walden Civil Parish, Yorkshire Census: William E. Bushby, aged 2 years, born Aysgarth, Yorkshire, son of Edmund and Mary I. Bushby.

1911 West Burton, Yorkshire Census: William Edmund Bushby, aged 12 years, born West Burton, son of Edmund and Mary Isabell Bushby.

The British Army Service Record for William Edmund Bushby exists but may be incomplete. A copy of a letter in the record that was sent to his father, Edmund, in 1920, states that William's remains were exhumed from an isolated grave and buried in Vichte Military Cemetery.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte William E. Bushby, 63652, Manch. R.; 82230, Durh. L. I.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte William Edmund Bushby, 63652, 1/7th Manch. R.; 82230, 20th Durh. L.I. Deceased.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte William Edmund Bushby, 82230, 20/D.L.I. Date and Place of Death: 2.11.18. France. K. in A. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Edmund. £11 17s. 6d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for William. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mr Edmund Bushby. Relationship: Father. Dependant: Mrs Mary Isabel Bushby. Relationship: Mother. Address: West Burton, Leyburn, Yorks.

A short biography of William is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).

Photograph courtesy of Keith Taylor.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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