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Surname: GREAVES
Forename(s): William
Place of Birth: Keighley, Yorkshire
Service No: 12053
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1915-08-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 118 to 120.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COWLING, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Greaves was the son of John Henry and Mary Greaves, née Wear? John was born at Manchester, Lancashire, c. 1864.
1891 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 49, Beck Street - Wm Greaves, aged 7 years, born Keighley, son of John Greaves (married).
In 1901 a William Greaves, aged 16 years, born Keighley, Yorkshire, was an inmate in a Reformatory School at Holme-upon-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire.
William was married to Dinah Hopkinson in 1908.
1911 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: 5, Garden Terrace - William Greaves, aged 26 years, born Keighley, Yorkshire, husband of Dinah Greaves.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Wm Greaves, 12053, West Riding Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: 2B Balkans. Date of entry therein: 7 July 1915.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private William GREAVES

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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