We remember William Digby Oswald

We remember William Digby Oswald

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Timeline

Timeline

1880
birth Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom Source:7652009 20th January 1880
1895
education He entered the School in 1895, and in 1898 he won the Wrigley Cup for his House by his own unaided efforts, winning the Quarter-Mile, High Jump, Weight and Hurdles. He left the same year. Rugby School Rugby, Warwickshire United Kingdom Source:8547439 1895 - 1898
1902
awards Distinguished Service Order (DSO) British Award/Decoration Source:7652009 31st January 1902
1905
marriage Catherine Mary Yardley nee Scott Source:7652009 7th March 1905
1914
service British Army Lieutenant 5th Dragoon Guards Special Reserve of Officers Source:7652009 7th August 1914
1916
service British Army Lieutenant Colonel West Yorkshire Regiment Source:7652009 22nd May 1916 - 14th July 1916
1916
dates Age 36 Source:7652009 16th July 1916
1916
death Died of wounds Hit in the chest by a shell band from a mis-firing British gun. Died the following day from wounds. The Somme France Source:7652009 16th July 1916
burial Dive Copse British Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Sailly-Le-Sec Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-Le-Sec. France ll. B. 25. Source:7652580 Source:7652009

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William Digby
Initials WD
Last Name Oswald,
Source 8982207
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 5th Dragoon Guards Special Reserve of Officers Lieutenant
British Army West Yorkshire Regiment Lieutenant Colonel
Awards
AwardTypeSource
DSO British Award/Decoration
Distinguished Service Order (DSO) British Award/Decoration
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Wilhelmina Catherine Russell mother
Thomas Ridley Oswald father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Catherine Mary Yardley nee Scott wife 7th March 1905

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Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription David1424
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription David1424

External Evidence

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Biography of William Digby Oswald DSO ASJ25915
Commonwealth War Graves Commission ASJ25915
Memorials of Rugbeians who fell in the Great War Geoffrey4778

Multimedia

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Memorial Seat at Hardy's Monument, Dorset ASJ25915
William Digby Oswald Geoffrey4778
Grave in Southampton DR117137
Grave In Southampton DR117137

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