Leicestershire War Memorials

Sergeant William Growdridge, 240008

Batt - 1/5
Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
Section -

Date of Birth -
Died - 12/01/1918
Age - 35

Decorations - Croix De Guerre (Belgium)

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
The War Diary for today records. TRENCHES. At 8.00am Lt COLES went on leave to ENGLAND. The Sergeant wounded the previous day died at CHOQUES. At 3.00pm all afternoon the back areas were again heavily shelled, work was -?- on the blown in sap but the buried man was not dug out till midnight.

Leicestershire Project Findings

Conflict - World War I
Burial Place - I O 1, Chocques Military Cemetery

Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore

Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
Burial Commemoration - Chocques Mil. Cem., France
Born - Trinity, Hinckley
Enlisted - Hinckley, Leics
Place of Residence - 34 Queen's Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England
Memorial - HINCKLEY MEM., LEICS

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