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Surname: RUSSELL
Forename(s): William
Place of Birth: Castle Bolton, Yorkshire
Service No: 183931
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Canadian Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia)
Division: 1st Canadian Division
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1918-09-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: C.5.
CWGC Cemetery: UPTON WOOD CEMETERY, HENDECOURT-LES-CAGNICOURT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
William Russell (born 17 June 1886) was the son of William and Agnes Thwaite Russell, née Dinsdale and brother of A/L/Corporal Thomas Russell (P/2584) (q.v.). William, senior, was born at Castle Bolton and Agnes at Mossdale, near Hawes, Yorkshire. Agnes was the cousin of Private Thomas Thwaite (242720) (q.v.).
1891 Walden, Yorkshire Census: Hargill - William Russell, aged 4 years, born Castle Bolton, Yorkshire, son of William and Agnes Russell.
Canadian service records: http://www.baclac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef
A short biography of William is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).
Data Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Canadian Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 1st Canadian Division
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Upton Wood Cemetery, Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt
CWGC Headstone - [Personal inscription: ‘THE LORD BLESS HIM/AND GIVE US PEACE/FOR EVERMORE’]
Courtesy of David Shackleton
Silk Bookmark
Silk Bookmark in memory of L/Corporal William Russell
Courtesy of Sedbergh & District History Society
Memorial Chamber of Canada’s Parliament Buildings, Ottawa
In the Memorial Chamber are the eight ‘Books of Remembrance’ that contain the names of more than 120,000 Canadians who gave their lives in the service of Canada
Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe)
Page from the First World War ‘Book of Remembrance’: L/Corporal William Russell
Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe)
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