DUROSE, WILLIAM HENRY
Photograph with kind permission of the Uttoxeter Advertiser
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Sources 1 Obituary (24 July 1918 edition) 2 Memorial Notice (23 October 1918 edition) |
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Parents |
Charles and Emma Durose |
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1 (father’s initial) |
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Where born |
Macclesfield, Cheshire |
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When born |
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Address |
19, Stone Road, Uttoxeter (parents) |
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Stone Road, Uttoxeter |
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Spouse |
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Children |
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Employment Before Joining up |
Joiner at the Leighton Ironworks |
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Where enlisted |
Uttoxeter |
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Former Service |
1963, North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s) |
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1 (Regiment) 2 |
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Regiment |
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) |
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Unit |
15th Bn. |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
331256 |
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Date of Death |
20 October 1917 |
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22 October 1917 |
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Age at time of death |
23 |
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Where Killed or died |
France/Flanders: Ypres salient - 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele) |
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How he died |
Killed in action |
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Missing – presumed killed |
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1, 2 |
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Location of Grave or Memorial |
Tyne Cot memorial for the Missing -Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A. |
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His parents were Charles and Emma Durose, of 19, Stone Rd., Uttoxeter.
Before the war he was employed in the joinery department of the Leighton Ironworks, where he was highly respected.
He joined the army at the beginning of the war and served 3 years in France before he was reported as missing on 22nd October 1917. It wasn't until the end of July 1918 before he as officially presumed killed. He was in the Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment, having been transferred from the North Staffordshire Regiment.
At the time of official notification of his death (the end of July 1918), his brother Harry was in hospital at Each Finchley suffering from a severe wound in the thigh. To the best of our knowledge, Harry survived the war.
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William has no known grave and his name is recorded on a panel in the Tyne Cot Memorial. The Memorial Panels run along the walls which surround the back of Tyne Cot Cemetery. |
| The Tyne Cot Cemetery and the other cemeteries in the Ypres area contain many graves of unidentified soldiers. William may be one of them, or he may still lie where he fell, somewhere beneath the surrounding fields |
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This memorial notice was posted in the Uttoxeter Advertiser to mark the first anniversary of his death. We wonder if Cissie Derry was his sweetheart? |
In Loving Memory of our Dear Son, Pte. W. H. Durose, Notts and Derby Regt., missing October 22, 1917, now presumed dead. We do not forget him – we do not intend; We think of him daily, and will to the end. We miss him and mourn him in sorrow unseen, And dwell on the memories of the days that have been. - From his Sorrowing Mother, Father, Sisters and Brother, 19, Stone-road, Uttoxeter; also Cissie Derry. |