Name
William Frederick George Mainwood
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
156251
Labour Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
William Mainwood was born at Breakspear Road, Abbots Langley on 26th November 1883. He was the eldest of eight children (six sons and two daughters) born to Francis and Emily Mainwood. The family was recorded living in Abbots Road, Abbots Langley, in the 1891 and 1901 Census, and Francis worked as a Plumber, and also employed William, who worked as a Plumber’s Apprentice.
William married Lily Young at Watford in the summer of 1904, and by the time of the 1911 Census the couple had had two daughters and a son, and lived at Bedmond. William worked as a House Painter.
The Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour first recorded William in July 1916 serving with the Bedfordshire Regiment. However he was not recorded in the Roll of Honour for the whole of 1917, but re-appeared again, serving with the Bedfordshire’s in January 1918, although the exact battalion was not indicated. In the final Parish Roll of Honour listing of December 1918, William was recorded serving with the 2nd Army HQ.
William was recorded in the Absent Voter Records for Autumn 1918 and Spring 1919 serving with the 2nd Army HQ, and living at Bedmond.
William’s Medal Roll recorded that he only served with the Labour Corps, so it is presumed that he was serving with this unit at the 2nd Army HQ from sometime in 1918.
William Mainwood survived the War, as did his brother Harold.
Additional Information
Formerly Bedfordshire Regiment
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
