Name
William Ernest Taylor Uglow
1898
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/01/1915
17
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
1687
(Queen Victoria's Rifles) London Regiment
9th (County of London) Battalion
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 54
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
He has no Headstone he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial to the missing in Belgium.
UK & Other Memorials
Goffs Oak Memorial, Brass plaque in St. James’s Church, Goffs Oak, Alter Cross in St. James’s Church, Goffs Oak, Cheshunt Town Memorial
Pre War
Willian Ernest Taylor Uglow was born in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, in 1898, son of William Ernest Uglow a, Master Baker and Florence Annie Uglow (nee Watson). One of nine children although one died in infancy.
He was Baptised on 3rd June 1900 at, St James Church, Goffs Oak, Herts with Sisters Florence Ann, Mary Louise, Lilian Mary and brother Frederick Charles Henry.
1901 Census records William Jr. aged 3, living with his parents, three sisters and brother Frederick at, The Cottage, Appleby Street, Cheshunt, Herts. They have a live in Servant (family Nurse) Celia Keen.
1911 Census shows the family now living at, 16 Clifford Road, Sudbury, Middlesex. Father William, Mother Florence, William Jr. (13), is at school, with his three elder sisters and four younger brothers.
William Jr. had been living in Holborn, London.
On 18th February 1914, he enlisted, in the 1st/9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria Rifles) London Regiment at, 56 Davies Street, Marylebone, London, issued with the service numbers 1687 & 1689. (as shown on his Medal Index Card). (a Territorial Force)
At the time of William Jr.’s death, the family had probably moved back to the Cheshunt area and were living in “Beaumont View”, Cheshunt, Herts. William had been living in Holborn.
Wartime Service
August 1914, William was still serving with 1st/9th Battalion, they were on their way to summer camp when war was declared, they were Embodied into the Army and returned to their HQ at 56 Davies Street, mobilized for war they he embarked for Le Havre, France on 4th November 1914, arriving the following day the 5th. Serving on the Western Front, he was Killed in Action just 2 months later on 1st January 1915, aged 17 years. He has no known grave; he is commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium to the missing. Panel 54.
Additional Information
His effects of £2-5s-1d, pay owing and his war gratuity of £3, went to his father William Uglow.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Brian Lodge
