BOND

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	William and Charlotte Bond				4a
Position in the family	Eldest child				4a
Where born	Uttoxeter, Staffordshire		Yes		1, 4a
When born	About 1894				4a
Address	Walsall, Staffordshire		Yes		1
Spouse
Children
Employment Before Joining up
Where enlisted	Lichfield, Staffordshire		Yes		1
Regiment	South Staffordshire	Yes	Yes		1, 6
Unit	8^th Service Bn.		Yes
Unit	8^th Bn.	Yes			1
Rank	Private	Yes	Yes		1, 6
Service Number	13572	Yes	Yes		1, 6
Date of Death	10 July 1916	Yes	Yes		1, 6
Age at time of death	About 22				5
Where Killed or died	France or Flanders		Yes
Where Killed or died	Somme area				2
How he died	Killed in action		Yes		1
Location of Grave or Memorial	Thiepval Memorial – Pier and Face 7B	Yes
Awards	1915 Star F/2B1 Page 42				6
	Victory Medal F/101 B6 Page 668				6
	British Medal F/101 B6 Page 668				6

In 1901 he was living with his parents and three siblings (Charles, David and Frederick) at Tutbury, Staffordshire.^[4a]

The fact that he was serving with the 8^th battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment tells us that he was one of Kitchener’s volunteers^[3]. He first went to the Western Front on 14^th July 1915⁶, so he will have taken part in the Battle of Loos. Many local men lost their lives in this battle.

William has no known grave and, as he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial for the Missing of the Somme, we can conclude that he died at some stage during the battle of the Somme.

William has no known grave and as he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial for the Missing of the Somme, we can conclude that he died at some stage during the battle of the Somme.