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Pte. John William Williams
British Army 8th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:16 Monmouth Street, Salford, Lancashire
(d.14th Jul 1917)
Not a lot is known about my Great Uncle Jack William's experiences during the Great War, he wasn't a great letter writer by all accounts. He was born in Davenham, near Northwich, Cheshire in 1894, he enlisted 24/8/1914 in Northwich and was passed fit at Chester Castle where he joined the 8th Service Battalion Cheshire Regiment.
Following his training in England he departed these shores from Avonmouth 26/06/1915 on the H.M.T Ivernia, never to return. The Battalion landed on the Gallipoli Peninsular in July 1915. August 1915 saw them supporting the ANZACs. An entry in the Battalion's War Diary shows that on 7th and 8th August they were in support trenches at Russell's Top and were being moved up to support the Australian Light Horse Brigade to assist in their attack at the Nek. They stayed on the Gallipoli peninsular until January 1916 and were one of the last battalions to leave. From here they were transferred to Mesopotamia in early 1916. During 1916 and early 1917 Jack saw action at Sannaiyat, Bait Isa, Kut al Amara and Hai Salient.
In March 1917 Jack was admitted to a Field Ambulance Suffering from dysentery. By late April 1917 he was admitted to a Base General Hospital in Basra. Mid May saw him on a hospital ship bound for Secunderabad Hospital in Bombay. An entry on his Service Medical Record shows him in Trimulgherry Station Hospital 21/05/1917 his condition as dangerously ill. Jack died of Chronic Dysentery on 14/07/1917 and was buried in Trimulgherry Cantonment Cemetery. His name Appears on the Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Chennai.
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