We remember William James Sambrook

We remember William James Sambrook

Timeline

Timeline

1895
birth Sambrooke, Shropshire United Kingdom Source:7196113 Source:8840363 1895
1915
enlistment Stafford, Staffordshire United Kingdom Source:8840363 3rd June 1915
1915
employment Wheelwright United Kingdom Source:8840363 June 1915
1916
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8840363 24th January 1916 - 18th March 1917
1916
location Fair Oak, Eccleshall, Shropshire United Kingdom parents address Source:8840363 June 1916
1917
hospitalisation Neck abscess under chin - admitted to hospital in UK [condition from France] Hospital/Institution Source:8840363 29th May 1917
service British Army Sapper 101905 Royal Engineers 79th Field Company Source:8840363
1917
death Not War Related Neck abcess under chin - Died of Septicaemia Norflolk War Hospital, Thorpe, Norfolk United Kingdom Source:7196113 Source:8840363 29th May 1917
burial Cheswardine (st. Swithun) Churchyard CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Shropshire United Kingdom In North West Corner Source:7196113

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William James
Initials WJ
Last Name Sambrook
Source 7196113
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Fair Oak, Eccleshall, Shropshire United Kingdom parents address known June 1916
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 101905 Royal Engineers 79th Field Company Sapper
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Eliza J. Sambrook mother
William Sambrook father
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
DateHeightSource
1915-06-01 5'3"
Religion
DateReligionSource
1915 Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

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Official Records

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription R58235
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription R58235

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