William – Meredith – Great Western Railway – Sapper – 26/08/1915
Title
William – Meredith – Great Western Railway – Sapper – 26/08/1915
Initials / forenames
William
Surname
Meredith
Railway company
Great Western Railway
Military unit
Royal Engineers, 116th Railway Company
Military rank
Sapper
Military number
105605
Railway department
Engineering Department, Codsall
Railway job
Packer
Date died
26/08/1915
Magazine reference
Great Western Railway Magazine, November 1915, p277. Photo: October 1915, p265
Memorial
Codsall (St Nicholas) Churchyard Extension
Notes
Aged 25, son of the late Mr & Mrs J. Meredith of Ivy House, Oaken Lawn, Albrighton, Wolverhampton. Meredith had been in the GWR service for nine months. He died from broncho-pneumonia.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway), Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
01/03/2017
Last updated
01/03/2017
Citation
“William – Meredith – Great Western Railway – Sapper – 26/08/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/50049.