Private William Victor Betts, 80542
- Batt - 1/6
- Unit - Durham Light Infantry
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 1897
- Died - 31/05/1918
- Age - 20
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Samuel Betts a Shoe Finisher, born 1867 in Sileby, Leics., and his wife Sabina, born 1869 in Barrow upon Soar, Leics. William Victor was born in 1897 in Sileby, Leics., his siblings were Harry, born 1889, Florence, born 1891, Gertrude, born 1892, Beatrice, born 1893, May, born 1895 and Alfred, born 1900, all his siblings were born in Sileby, Leics., in March 1901 the family home was at Barrow Road, Sileby, Leics., in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Sileby, St. Mary. In April 1911 William was employed as a Boot Factory Worker and was residing in the family home at Barrow Road, Sileby, Leics., together with his parents and siblings, Harry, Gertrude, May, Alfred and Samuel Reginald, born 1909 in Sileby, Leics.
- Conflict - World War I
- Unit - Durham Light Infantry
- Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Soissons Mem., Aisne, France
- Born - Sileby, Leics
- Enlisted - Loughborough, Leics
- Place of Residence - 22 Barrow Road, Sileby, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - SILEBY MEM., LEICS
