257309 Pte. William Garbett British Army 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment (d.15th December 1915) William Garbett was a coal miner and worked at Warsop Main Colliery in Nottinghamshire. He was married to Beatrice Hodgkinson and fathered three children. At the outbreak of WW1 he enlisted at Mansfield and served with the 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.
William's wife died in October 1914, leaving three very young children to be looked after by Billy's Mother, Sarah.
William Garbett lost his life when the trench he was working in was hit by German shell fire, on 15th of December 1915. He was aged 33 years and is buried in Houplines Community Cemetery Extension in France. Unfortunately his name on his headstone as been etched as Garbutt.
The three children were brought up by their Grandmother Garbett.
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