We remember William Edwin Chetwyn

We remember William Edwin Chetwyn

Timeline

Timeline

1876
birth Worcester United Kingdom Source:7496795 Source:9096254 1876
1891
employment Telegraph Messenger General Post Office Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom Source:9096254 April 1891
1898
marriage Helen Amy Spicer Source:9114156 December 1898
1901
employment Town Postman General Post Office Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom Source:9114177 April 1901
1902
children Evelyn Alice Chetwyn Source:9096254 1902
1904
children Edwin Athur Chetwyn Source:9096254 1904
1915
enlistment London United Kingdom Source:9096256 1915
1915
service British Army Rifleman 3301 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:7496795 1915
1917
service British Army Corporal 371204 London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:7496795 1st January 1917 - 30th October 1917
service British Army Corporal 371204 London Regiment 8th lond Battalion Source:794463
service British Army Corporal 3301 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Source:7496795
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:9096256
location Mornington Street, Leicester United Kingdom Source:9096254
1917
death Killed in Action Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen Belgium Source:7496795 Source:9096254 30th October 1917
burial Tyne Cot Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Belgium Panel 150 to 151 Source:7496795

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names William Edwin
Initials WE
Last Name Chetwyn
Source 9096254
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Mornington Street, Leicester United Kingdom
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 371204 London Regiment 8th lond Battalion Corporal
British Army 3301 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Rifleman
British Army 371204 London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Corporal
British Army 3301 London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Corporal
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Evelyn Alice Chetwyn daughter 1902
Edwin Athur Chetwyn son 1904
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Sarah Ann Chetwyn mother
Thomas Chetwyn father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Helen Amy Spicer wife December 1898

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
Leicestershire and Rutland, Soldiers Died 1914-1920 Transcription Valerie34433
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Valerie34433
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription Valerie34433

External Evidence

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Leicester Post Office (First World War) War Memorial Valerie34433

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