Private 30219 William Archie DEACON

Private 30219 William Archie Deacon{gallery}Pte W A Deacon{/gallery}7th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in action in the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), France and Flanders, 26th September 1917, aged 23

• Buried: Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave I.F.35
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of George and Elizabeth Deacon [nee Tilley]
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | St Nicolas Church | Vicarage Street School

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Deacon
• Ypres Reservoir Cemetery Cemetery
• Royal Army Medical Corps

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1894 at Nuneaton
• Attended Vicarage Street School
  
• Lived at 2 Market Place, Nuneaton [1901 to 1915]
  
• Employed as a dentist’s assistant / Pupil [1911 & 1915]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton on 21 Aug 1914. Arrived in Rouen, France 9 Jul 1915