Gunner 81640 William WINDRIDGE

Gunner 81640 William Windridge{gallery}Gnr W Windridge{/gallery}A Battery, 211th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action in the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), France and Flanders, 4th September 1917, aged 21

• Buried: Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave I.D.68
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of William and Emma Windridge [nee Middleton] of 43 Haunchwood Road, Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Stockingford | Stockingford Council School

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Gunner Windridge
• Ypres Reservoir Cemetery
• Royal Field Artillery

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1896 and baptised 2 Feb 1896 at Stockingford
• Attended Stockingford Council School
  
• Lived at 50 Haunchwoord Road, Nuneaton [1901]
  
• Lived at 33 Haunchwood Road, Nuneaton [1911]
  
• Employed as a coal miner [1911]
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Entered Theatre on 30 Jul 1915