We remember Osmond Bartle Wordsworth

We remember Osmond Bartle Wordsworth

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Timeline

Timeline

1876
sibling Dorothy M Wordsworth Source:6635409 1876
1877
sibling Christopher A Wordsworth Source:6635409 1877
1878
sibling Ruth M Wordsworth Source:6635409 1878
1880
sibling John V Wordsworth Source:6635409 1880
1882
sibling William A Wordsworth Source:6635409 1882
1883
sibling Susanna M Wordsworth Source:6635409 1883
1885
sibling Reginald G Wordsworth Source:6635409 1885
1887
birth Glaston, Rutland United Kingdom Source:6635505 Source:6635463 17th May 1887
1890
sibling Irene M Wordsworth Source:6635409 1890
1891
dates Age 3 Source:6635409 5th April 1891
1891
location Tyneham Rectory, Dorset United Kingdom parents address Source:6635409 5th April 1891
1899
education Exhibitioner; School Praetor 1904; Bib Praetor 1906 Winchester College Winchester, Hampshire United Kingdom Source:6638335 1899 - 1906
1901
dates Age 13 Source:6635463 31st March 1901
1901
location Sickhouse, St Mary's Cottage, Winchester, Hampshire United Kingdom other group residence address Source:6635463 31st March 1901
1906
education BA Classical Tripos, 1st Class (1909), Tripos Part II, 1st Class (1910); MA (1913) Trinity College, Cambridge Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Source:6638335 25th June 1906 - 1909
1911
employment Master Lancing College Lancing, West Sussex United Kingdom Source:6638335 1911
1911
employment Lecturer Selwyn College Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Source:6638335 1911 - 1914
1914
employment Classical Teacher Trinity College Toronto Canada Source:6638340 1914 - 1915
1914
service British Army Canadian Officer Training Corps Source:6638335 October 1914 - April 1915
1915
service British Army Second Lieutenant Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 9th Battalion Source:6638335 11th June 1915 - 17th April 1916
1916
service British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 21st Company Source:6638335 17th April 1916 - 2nd April 1917
1916
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:6638335 1st September 1916 - 2nd April 1917
service British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Source:4881853
1917
death Killed in Action Supporting an attack at Henin-sur-Cojeul, "He saw that one of the gun crews were having trouble getting into position [...] soon after, [he] was seen to fall shot through the heart." Henin-sur-Cojeul France Source:7444118 Source:6638335 2nd April 1917
burial Arras Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France Source:7444118

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Osmond Bartle
Initials OB
Last Name Wordsworth
Source 4881853
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Sickhouse, St Mary's Cottage, Winchester, Hampshire United Kingdom other group residence address known 31st March 1901
Tyneham Rectory, Dorset United Kingdom parents address known 5th April 1891
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Machine Gun Corps Second Lieutenant
British Army Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 9th Battalion Second Lieutenant
British Army Canadian Officer Training Corps
British Army Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 21st Company Second Lieutenant
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Mary Wordsworth mother
Christopher Wordsworth father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Dorothy M Wordsworth sister 1876
Christopher A Wordsworth brother 1877
Ruth M Wordsworth sister 1878
John V Wordsworth brother 1880
William A Wordsworth brother 1882
Susanna M Wordsworth sister 1883
Reginald G Wordsworth brother 1885
Irene M Wordsworth sister 1890

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Michael17221
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Michael17221
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Michael17221
GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921) Transcription Michael17221
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

External Evidence

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Trinity College, Cambridge Roll of Honour Michael17221
Lancing College war memorial website Michael17221
Obituary in Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Michael17221
The Durnford Memorial Book of the Great War, 1914-1918 Michael17221

Multimedia

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Salisbury War Memorial Michael17221
Durnford School War Memorial Michael17221
2nd Lieutenant Osmund Bartle WORDSWORTH john14663
2nd Lieutenant Osmund Bartle WORDSWORTH john14663

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