Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Amos Pallett, an agricultural and brickyard labourer, born on the 25th March 1875 in Cadeby, Leicestershire and baptised on the 4th April 1875 in All Saints Church, Cadeby (son of Joseph Pallett, 1834-1904 and Sarah Sharp, 1836-1893) and his wife Sarah Maria Pallett (nee Spencer, married on the 23rd August 1894 in All Saints Church, Cadeby), born in the April quarter of 1875 in Wellsborough, Leicestershire and baptised on the 25th July 1875 in the Church of St. Botolph, Sibson, Leicestershire (daughter of William Spencer, 1842 and Maria Touks, 1847). William Joseph was born in the January quarter of 1895 in Cadeby and baptised on the 20th January 1895 in All Saints Church, Cadeby, his siblings were, Lucy Eleanor Sarah, born on the 3rd December 1897 and baptised on the 16th January 1898 in All Saints Church, Cadeby and Edith Elsie Dorothy, born on the 13th February 1900 and baptised on the 11th March 1900 in All Saints Church, Cadeby, the latter two siblings were both born in Cadeby, also residing with the family as a lodger, was William’s paternal uncle, Alfred Pallett, an agricultural and brickyard labourer, born in the January quarter of 1878 in Cadeby and baptised on the 6th January 1878 in All Saints Church, Cadeby, in March 1901 the family home was at Cadeby.
In April 1911 William was employed as an assistant operating a portable estate engine and was residing in the family home at Cadeby, together with his father, a farm labourer, his mother and siblings, Lucy, a mother’s help, Dorothy, a schoolgirl and George Wilfrid, a schoolboy, born on the 25th September 1902 in Cadeby and baptised on the 9th November 1902 in All Saints Church, Cadeby.
FAMILY NOTE: William also had the following siblings, Florence Marjorie, born on the 13th January 1913 and baptised on the 23rd March 1913 in All Saints Church, Cadeby and Ernest Cyril, born on the 9th May 1916, both siblings were born in Cadeby.
William’s army service enlistment documents do not survive, therefore the currently available information pertaining to his military service has been obtained from the following sources: - WW1 Service Medal and Award Rolls, Army Registers of Soldiers’ Effects, WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Registers.
Enlisted/Attested in Leicester into the Territorial Force. Date not known.
Joined. At Leicester. Date not known.
Posted. To Depot Leicestershire Regt. Pte. Date not known.
Allotted the Regimental Service number 75795.
Posted. To 1/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regt. Pte. Date not known.
First entered the theatre of war in France. 28/2/15.
Wounded in action. In the Field. Place and date not known.
Under the Army Council Instruction (A.C.I. 2414/1916), published on the 23rd December 1916, that promulgated a new numbering system for all Territorial Force units, William was allotted the regimental service number 205574.
Transferred. To 3rd Bn. Durham Light Infantry. Date not known.
Admitted. To Sunderland Hospital. Date not known.
Died. In Sunderland Hospital, pneumonia. 1/12/18.
Buried in All Saint’s Churchyard, Cadeby, Leicestershire England.
Awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
In the event of his death, William nominated his mother, Sarah as his sole legatee.
William’s mother was awarded a War Gratuity of sixteen pounds and ten shillings.
On Saturday October 21st, 1916, The Leicester Daily Mercury published the following article on page 2, under the heading. – Hinckley and District. – Private W. Pallett, of Cadeby, is wounded, and is now in hospital in France.
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Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Coalville Times article – Friday April 23rd, 1920

CADEBY WAR MEMORIAL

Sir Thomas Cope, of Osbaston Hall, has unveiled, and the Rector (the Rev. J. Stewart Borrowdale) has dedicated a war memorial, which has been placed in the church by the villagers of Cadeby and Osbaston, in memory of the men from the two villages who lost their lives in the war. The memorial is of white marble, and has been erected on the north wall of the church at a cost of £15/18/0. It bears the following names:

William Hadland, Leicestershire Regiment; Frederick B. Bartlam, Leicestershire Regiment; Wm. E. Parry, Leicestershire Regiment; Albert Arthur Unwin, Leicestershire Regiment; Wm. J. Pallett, Leicestershire Regiment; Chas. Ball, Hawke Battalion, N.D.; and Geo. Pallett, Lincolnshire Regiment.

Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 20/05/2019