William Milburn – Ackrill – Great Western Railway – Private – 07/07/1915

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Title

William Milburn – Ackrill – Great Western Railway – Private – 07/07/1915

Initials / forenames

William Milburn

Surname

Ackrill

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Lancashire Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

6631

Railway department

Aberbeeg

Railway job

Goods Guard

Date died

07/07/1915

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine, October 1915, p265. Photo: October 1915, p263

Memorial

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

Notes

Aged 37. Ackrill had been with the GWR service for over 8 years. He was a Goods Guard at Aberbeeg since January 1913, having moved there from Rogerstone.

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

22/02/2017

Last updated

22/02/2017

Citation

“William Milburn – Ackrill – Great Western Railway – Private – 07/07/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed April 28, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/62670.