207506 Cpl. William Robert Humfrey British Army X/35 Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery from:Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Corporal William Robert Humfrey (spelled, incorrectly, as 'Humphrey" on his records) was badly wounded in June 1918 and evacuated to 56 Casualty Clearing Station at Gezaincourt. His mother subsequently received a communication from Army Records (Army Form B 104-82) dated 8th of July 1918 stating that he had died at 56 CCS on 17 June 1918 from wounds received in action. You can imagine the shock and grief this caused his family and particularly his fiancee who had already lost one previous sweetheart as well as her brother to the war. But on the 12th of July 1918 they received a telegram from Artillery Records stating that "155293 Corporal W R Humphrey is now reported improved and transferred to base". He was eventually tracked down to 11 Stationary Hospital at Rouen from where he was repatriated to the UK on the A.T. "Warilda" on 30 July 1918. He lived until 1964 when he finally died, his wounds in 1918 recorded as being a contributing cause to his death.
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