Name
William Alfred Saban
1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
06/11/1918
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
265161
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
XIII. B. 28.
France
Headstone Inscription
O TRUE BRAVE HEART GOD BLESS THEE
UK & Other Memorials
St James’ Church Memorial, Thorley, Working Men’s Club / Village Hall, Memorial, Thorley, Bishop's Stortford Town memorials, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
William Alfred Saban was born in 1890 in Bishop's Stortford, the son of Henry and Alice Eliza Saban and baptised at Holy Trinity Church, Bishop's Stortford on 31 August 1890.
On the 1891 and 1901 Censuses, the family were living at 6 Bartholomew Road, Bishop's Stortford but had moved to 8 Thorley Terrace, Twyford Rd, Bishop's Stortford, Herts by 1911.
Before the outbreak of the war William was employed by Mr. T. Ward. Nurseryman. South Street, Bishop's Stortford.
Wartime Service
He was in the Herts Territorials at the outbreak of the war and went to France on November 5th, 1914, early enough to receive the Mons Star.
He was a time expired man, but re-enlisted in 1916.
After going through the war without a scratch he died from bronchial pneumonia on 6 November 1918 at the 18th Casualty Clearing Station in France, which was situated on the Rocquigny to Equancourt Road near Ytres at the time.
Additional Information
Brother to Robert Saban who died in May 1919 and is also named on the Bishop's Stortford memorial. A £20 war gratuity and his pay owing was split between his mother and Miss Amelia F Sharp. Pension records show his mother applied for a pension and received 11 shillings a week (combined) for her two sons William and Robert.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
John E. I. Procter (Rector of Thorley), Bill Hardy, Philip Hargrave - www.friends-stjames.org, Jonty Wild
