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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. Dinah married Henry Binns in 1918.
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, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: (2B) Balkans. Date of entry therein: 7.7.15. K. in A. 9.8.15.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte William Greaves, 12053, 8th W. Rid. R. K. in A. 9.8.15.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Cpl William Greaves, 12053, 8th Bn D. of W'tons W. Riding Rgt. Date and Place of Death: 9.8.15. Sulva [Suvla] Bay, Dardanelles. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Dinah. £2 2s. 1d. War Gratuity: Widow - Mrs Dinah Binns. £4 0s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for William. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Dinah, born 20.1.89. Address: 146, Keighley Road, Cowling, Keighley, Yorkshire. Children: John Willie Hopkinson, born 4.11.07. Remarks: Widow married on 18.5.18 Harry Binns a civilian.
The 1921 Census shows that Dinah, her son John Willie and husband Harry were living at 146, Keighley Road, Cowling. The 1939 Register shows that Dinah was living at 4, Gibb Street, Cowling. Dinah died in 1945.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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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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22 October 1915
WOUNDED AND MISSING
Mrs. Greaves, 125, Keighley Road, Cowling, received intimation on September 16th that her husband, Corporal William Greaves (who enlisted shortly after the outbreak of the war), of the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, had been wounded while serving with the British Expeditionary Force in the Gallipoli Peninsula. The number given, however, was not correct, and since that time communications have been passing with the Record Office at York with the result that Mrs. Greaves has now been notified that she must take it that the W. Greaves wounded is her husband. She has not heard from him since August 3rd, when be expressed himself as feeling very fit, in excellent spirits, and only anxious to be having a go at the Turks.
12 November 1915
COWLING – Reported Missing
On Saturday Mrs. Greaves, Keighley Road, received intimation from the Record Office, York, that her husband, Corporal Greaves, of the 8th Battalion West Riding Regiment, was missing, he having served with his regiment in the Gallipoli Peninsula. On August 3rd the same authorities reported him as wounded, though Mrs. Greaves had not heard from him for some time prior to that date.
01 December 1916
COWLING – CORPL. WILLIAM GREAVES REPORTED KILLED
Mrs. Greaves, of 146, Keighley Road, Cowling, has received definite, though not official, intimation that her husband, Corp. William Greaves, of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, who was reported missing in August 1915 while fighting in the Gallipoli Peninsula, was fatally shot through the neck on August 9th 1915.
The information came through Sergt. John Thorne, who is now at his home at Keighley on a short furlough from the front in France. Sergt. Thorne belonged to the same regiment and was a comrade of Corporal Greaves, both in training and on active service, and helped to bury him at the Oxford Circus Cemetery, Gallipoli, and was not aware of the uncertainty of Corporal Greaves’ fate.
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22 October 1915
A WOUNDED COWLING SOLDIER
Mrs. William Greaves, 125 Keighley Road, Cowling, received intimation on September 16th last that her husband, Private William Greaves, 8th Battalion West Riding Regiment, had been wounded while serving in the Gallipoli Peninsular. The number given her was not correct, and since that time communications have been passing with the Record Office with regard to the matter, with the result that Mrs. Greaves has been notified that she must take it that William Greaves wounded is her husband. She has not heard from her husband since August 3rd, in which letter he expressed himself as being fit, and was only anxious to be ‘having a go at the enemy’.
01 December 1916
GREAVES – August 9th, in Gallipoli, Corporal Greaves, of the West Riding Regiment, husband of Mrs. Greaves, of Keighley Road, Cowling.
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