Name
William Edward Tucker
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/09/1916
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
467411
Canadian Infantry
'C' Coy., 10th Bn., Alberta Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIMY MEMORIAL
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour, Watford Grammar School Memorial, Watford, Watford Grammar School Book of Remembrance
Pre War
Son of William Hodgson and Frances Jane (nee DALLYN) TUCKER of South Edmonton.
His parents married 13 March 1881 at West Hackney Parish Church, London.
William was born 14 March 1882 in the Barnstable, Devon, district, and attended Watford Grammar School from March 1894 to December 1896. He sailed from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2 April 1903 on the Allen Line Tunisian, a labourer aged 21.
On the 1891 Census, a scholar aged 9 he lived in Bushey, Herts, with his parents and three siblings. On the 1901 Census, a salesman in the furnishing trade aged 19, he still lived in Bushey, with his parents and three siblings. On the 1911 Canadian Census, a farmer aged 28 he lived in Saskatchewan.
Wartime Service
He attested 16 October 1915 at Edmonton, Alberta: a farmer aged 33, unmarried, 6’1″ tall, C of E; his next-of-kin was his mother of Edmonton. He was killed in action on the Somme.
Additional Information
The published Watford Grammar School Book of Remembrance entry reads:
“TUCKER, WILLIAM EDWARD. School period: March,1894, to December, 1896. Private, 10th Canadians. Killed in action on the Somme, 26th September, 1916.”
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
