BACK TO WWI NAMESWILDSMITH W.
William Wildsmith
Rifleman R/10835
13th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps
William Wildsmith died on Sunday 30 September 1917, and was remembered on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
He was born c1894 to parents Charles & Mary Ann Wildsmith. Charles Wildsmith was a Bricklayers Labourer who married Mary Ann Renshaw at St Mary's Church, Sutton in July 1875. They were both natives of Sutton-in-Ashfield. After William's death, Mrs. Mary Ann Wildsmith was living at 31 Park Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
William was the brother of Wilfrid Wildsmith and of Gershom Wildsmith, who is listed amongst the missing names not included on the War Memorial.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
The King's Royal Rifle Corps’
WILDSMITH William. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield. 13th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps. Rifleman R/10835, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 30th September 1917.
Research by Heather Faulkes