Name
William George Doe
1895
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/11/1916
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
25346
Bedfordshire Regiment
4th Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
St James the Great Church Memorial, Thorley, Working Men’s Club / Village Hall, Memorial, Thorley, Not on the Bishop's Stortford memorials
Pre War
William George Doe was born in 1895 in Bishops Stortford to Thomas and Lucy Doe.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Hope Cottage, London Road, Thorley, Herts. They continued to live there on the 1911 Census when William is described as a gut manufacturer, for a fell monger, working in his father's business as a skin and wool merchant. He was one of 13 children.
Wartime Service
William enlisted into the Bedfordshire Regiment, 4th Btn in January 1916 and went to France in July 1916. He was killed in action near Beaumont Hamel, France on 13 November 1916.
Additional Information
His father, Thomas received a £3 war gratuity and £5 7s 10d pay owing.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
John E. I. Procter (Rector of Thorley), Bill Hardy, Philip Hargrave - www.friends-stjames.org, Jonty Wild
