Name
William Henry Hince
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
131031
Royal Army Medical Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
William Hince was listed in the Absent Voter Records for Abbots Langley in Autumn 1918 and Spring 1919. He was initially identified from the Absent Voter Records and was not recorded elsewhere in the Abbots Langley Parish records. In the Absent Voter Records William was listed serving as a Private with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) at their “K” Company Depot at Aldershot. In the Absent Voter Records William’s address was listed at 30 Marlin Square, Abbots Langley, which was the family home of his brother Frederick Hince, from before the War.
William Hince was born in 1877 at Islington. He was the elder of two sons born to Thomas and Hannah Hince. His brother Frederick also served in the Great War. In the 1881 Census the family lived at 7 Wolsey Road, Islington. Thomas worked as a Carpenter and employed three men and two boys, as well as a servant for the family home.
William was listed in the London Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records and was shown being admitted to Ismael Ward of the Islington Workhouse, at Liverpool Road. He was included in the list of “Alleged Lunatics” and remained at the Workhouse from 6th to 28th June 1898, at which point he was discharged by order of a Justice. His next of kin was recorded as Hannah Hince, who was living at 2 Queen Margaret’s Grove, Islington, so it is presumed that his father had died by this time.
William Hince survived the War as did his brother Frederick.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
