Name
William Alfred Starr
20 April 1887
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/08/1916
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
R/9675
King's Royal Rifle Corps
9th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Great Gaddesden War Memorial, Romford Town War Memorial
Pre War
William Alfred Starr was born on 20 April 1887 in Romford, Essex, the son of James and Ellen Starr and baptised there on 22 May 1887.
On both the 1891 and 1901 Censuses, the family were living at Waterloo Road, Romford, where his father was working as a Brewer's Labourer.
His father died in 1902.
Not found on the 1911 Census, but was said to be resident in Chadwell Heath, Essex on Soldiers Died in the Great War list.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in St Albans and served as a Rifleman with the 9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.
He was killed in action at the Somme on 24 August 1916 during the attack on Delville Wood. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial,
Additional Information
His brother James received a war gratuity of £6 10s and his other siblings, Arthur, Eliza, Sarah, Annie, Nellie and Herbert shared his pay owing of £3 6s 9d with James.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
dacorumheritage.org.uk., hemelatwar.org.
