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Surname: DUNNING
Forename(s): William Harold
Place of Birth: Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales
Service No: 204079
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 2/5th Battalion
Division: 55th (West Lancashire) Division
Age: 31
Date of Death: 1916-09-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XIII. A. 7.
CWGC Cemetery: DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Harold Dunning was the son of Thomas and Rosa Dunning, née Trinder. Thomas was born at Midsomer Norton, Somerset and Rosa at Oxford, Oxfordshire.
1891 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: West Street - Willie Dunning, aged 4 years, born Tredegar, South Wales, son of Thos. and Rosa Dunning.
1901 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 5, Broadway Street - William Dunning, aged 14 years, born Tredegar, South Wales, son of Thomas and Rosa Dunning.
1911 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 3, East View Terrace - William Dunning, aged 24 years, born Tredegar, Monmouthshire, son of Thomas and Rosa Dunning.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte William Dunning, 4828, E. Lan. R.; 204079, Lan. Fus.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte William Dunning, 4828, 3/4th East Lancs.; 204079, 2/5th Lancs. Fus.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte William Dunning, 204079 late 7721, 5th Batt Lancs Fus. Date and Place of Death: 9.9.16. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Thomas. £4 18s.1d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte William Dunning, 7721, 2/5 Lancashire Fusiliers. Date and cause of death: Missing. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Rose Dunning. Relationship to soldier: Mother. Address: 42, Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick.
William is commemorated in the 'Blackburn Roll of Honour 1914-1918'.
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: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
DUNNING, William, aged 30 years, East Lancs. Regt., son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dunning, 42, Gisburn Road, [Barnoldswick], killed in action Sept. 9, 1917.
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Lancashire Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 55th (West Lancashire) Division
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Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
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Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
CWGC Headstone - personal inscription
St Mary-le-Ghyll Churchyard, Barnoldswick
Family gravestone
St Mary-le-Ghyll Churchyard, Barnoldswick
Family gravestone - detail of memorial inscription
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27 April 1917
DUNNING – Killed in action in France September 9th 1916, Pte. William Dunning, East Lancashire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dunning, 42, Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, aged 30 years.
27 April 1917
BARNOLDSWICK – MISSING, NOW REPORTED KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dunning, 42, Gisburn Road, have been notified by the War Office that their son, Pte. Wm. Dunning, East Lancashire Regiment, who was reported missing on 9th September last, was killed in action on that date. He enlisted in March 1916 and had only been in France about three weeks before the above-mentioned date. He was a native of Feniscowles, near Blackburn, and was employed at the paper mill there before the family removed to Barnoldswick in the early part of last year.
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27 April 1917
DUNNING – Killed in action in France Sept. 9th, Pte. Wm. Dunning, of the East Lancashire Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dunning, 42, Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, aged 30.
27 April 1917
MISSING – NOW REPORTED KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dunning, 42, Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, have been notified by the War Office that their son, Private Wm. Dunning, of the East Lancashire Regiment, who was reported missing on the 9th September last, was killed in action on that date. He was 30 years of age and unmarried. He enlisted in March, 1916 and had only been in France about three weeks before the above-mentioned date. He was a native of Feniscowles, near Blackburn, and was employed at the paper mill there before the family removed to Barnoldswick in the early part of last year.
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