235118 Pte. William George Bezley British Army 1/7th Btn. London Regiment from:Earls Court, London (d.10th Apr 1917) Private William Bezley 350096, was in a trench beside my grandfather, Charles Digby Planck (compiler of The History of the Shiny Seventh) in the area known as The Spoilbank, beside the Ypres-Comines Canal, on 10th April 1917, when he was accidentally shot and killed when another soldier dropped then caught his rifle. The accident is noted on Page 109 of "The History of the Shiny Seventh" (Original hard back version.)
Pte. Bezley was 20 years old, from 41 Kenway Road,Earls Court, London, and is buried at Chester Farm Cemetery near Ypres.
I would like to commemorate in some way the centenary of Bezley's tragic death which of course will fall on 10th April 2017, and am trying to trace any living relatives. William Bezley had a sister Edith May Bezley (1898-1976), who I think may have married Arthur W Mann in 1933 at Camberwell, when she would have been about 35. William also had a number of uncles and aunts: George W Bezley (1864-1938), Mary A (b. 1866), Edward (1876-1943), Elizabeth (1878-1961) and Arthur (1881-1963).
I would be grateful for any help with this enquiry.
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