Private 10408 Eric Joseph WASHBOURNE

Private 10408 Eric Joseph Washbourne{gallery}Pte E J Washbourne{/gallery}1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of the Transloy Ridges, Somme, France and Flanders, 13th October 1916, aged 26

• Buried: Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France. Grave I.L.24
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of John and Alice Washbourne [nee Taplin]
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI RWR

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Record for Private Washbourne
• Grove Town Cemetery
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1891 and baptised 16 Aug 1891 at Coleshill
  
• Lived at Union Workhouse, Wigginton, Staffs [1901]
  
• Lived at 3 Back Street, Nuneaton [1911]
• Employed as a factory hand [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton.