Name
William Welch
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/09/1915
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
4/6653 (poss 416653)
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LOOS MEMORIAL
Panel 41
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
St Albans Citizens Memorial, Town Hall (old) Memorial, St Albans, Fleetville Memorial (Hatfield Rd Cemetery), St Albans, Not on the Colney Heath memorials
Pre War
The Soldiers Died In The Great War (SDITGW) database records that he was born in Colney Heath and living in St Albans, when he enlisted there.
Wartime Service
Reported as killed in action while digging himself in after a battle which advanced several miles.
Additional Information
Service number given as 4/6653 in SDITGW and 416653 in CWGC.
Acknowledgments
Gareth Hughes, Jonty Wild
