Notts Free Press, 7th July 1916
WAIN W.
William Wain
Private 22219
1st Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
William Wain died on Thursday 8 June 1916, aged 19 years, and was buried at TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY,
AIX-NOULETTE,
Pas de Calais, France.
He was born c1897 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, and was the son of George Wain and his wife Matilda (formerly Marsh) who married at St Mary's Church, Sutton- in-Ashfield in November 1878. George Wain was a native of Calverton, Notts, while Matilda Wain was born in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Notts Free Press, 7th July 1916
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 24th July 1916
In loving memory of John, the dearly beloved son of George and
Matilda Wain, who died July 22nd 1913;
also of Private William Wain, killed in
action, June 8th 1916.
We do not know who next may fall,
beneath the chastening rod;
One must be first, then let us all,
prepare to meet our God.
"Gone from our home, but not our hearts"
From their sorrowing Mother, Father Sisters and Brothers.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War
1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
WILLIAM WAIN. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield. 1st Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 222219, Died France & Flanders 8th June 1916.
Research by Helen Wilson and Heather Faulkes
