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221978L/Cpl. William Henry Treherne
British Army 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Wellgate House, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
William Henry Treherne was born in Parkgate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire in 1892, the seventh child in a family of five sisters and four brothers. Like his father a builder by trade, William - or 'Willie' - enlisted on December 1, 1914, at Attercliffe, Sheffield, and joined the 1st Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment.
Although his descendants are continuing to research his wartime experiences, we know that he suffered gas poisoning during the war. Although he survived the conflict, he died only a few years later in 1922, as a result of the gas poisoning that he had experienced. His family endured not only the tragedy of William's suffering during and after the war, but also the loss of his younger brother Cecil, who was killed by lightning, it is believed, at the age of 19.
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L/Cpl. William reherne served with the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, his home address was Wellgate House, Rotherham, South Yorkshire William Henry Treherne was born in Parkgate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire in 1892, the seventh child in a family of five sisters and four brothers. Like his father a builder by trade, William enlisted on December 1, 1914 at Attercliffe, Sheffield and joined the 1st Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment.He was badly injured and taken prisoner at Ypres, Belgium in summer 1915. He spent the remainder of the war in prisoner-of-war camps in Germany. Although he survived and returned home, he died only a few years later in 1922 and was buried in Worcestershire.
William was an old boy of Rotherham Grammar School and his name appeared on the school's impressive war memorial, which was constructed by his father, also an old boy of the school. His family endured not only the tragedy of William's suffering during and after the war, but also the loss of his brother Cecil who was killed by lightning in 1920 at the age of 19.
James Kilner
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