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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, East Lancashire Regiment & 204079, Lancashire Fusiliers.
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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