Private 11389 William Turner BEVINS

Private 11389 William Turner Bevins{gallery}Pte B C Taylor{/gallery}6th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Killed in action in the Battle of the Transloy (Battle of the Somme), France and Flanders, 6th October 1916, aged 31.

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• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Joseph and Sarah Bevins
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Bevins
• Thiepval Memorial
• Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1885 at Higham-on-Hill
  
• Lived at 19 Chapel Street, Nuneaton [1901]
  
• Lived at 15 Chapel Street, Nuneaton  [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner / loader [1901 & 1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in France 6 Aug 1915