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Gnr. William James Stretton
British Army Royal Garrison Arillery
from:62 St Ervans Road, Westbourne Park, Kensington
I don't know much about my great grandfather, William Stretton but we do have a lovely photo of him in uniform, and his original discharge certificate.
William James Stretton in WWI army uniform. Discharge certificate and Medals Roll Index confirm he was a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery. First active service, France July 1915.
His daughter remembered him training at Woolwich and creeping in quietly one night to kiss her and her brother goodbye the night before he left for France. She said he was "on the guns" in France and Belgium, and was in charge of 6 horses to pull the guns. William James Stretton was born in Hastings, Sussex, in 1879, and then moved to the Hackney area of London by 1901. After being invalided out of WWI, his daughter said he moved to Essex to look for a new job.