WW1 Casualty: Private 18423 William Alfred Chesworth - Private 18423 William Alfred Chesworth
| Unit/Regiment |
2nd Bn., King's Own Scottish Borderers |
| Date of Death |
31/07/1916 |
Age at Death |
22 |
Burial/Memorial
& Reference |
Thiepval Memorial
Pier and Face 4A and 4D |
| CWGC Family Details (if shown) |
Son of Alfred and Jane Chesworth, of Ellaby Rd., Rainhill, Lancs. |
| Census Details |
1901 Census -
The Chesworth family lived at 11 Carlton Street, Prescot, and consisted of father Alfred, a 33 year old Assurance Agent, mother Jane, 28 and children William (7), Ethel (4) and Gladys (2).
1911 Census -
The family had moved to Ellaby Road in Rainhill. In addition to the children listed in 1901, they now also had Edith (9) and Edwin (5). William, now 17 years old, worked in the Wire Mills in the BI & HC Ltd |
| Birth/Marriage/Death Registrations |
Birth Registered Q4/1893, Prescot, 8b, 679 |
| SDGW - Where Born |
Prescot, Lancs |
| Enlisted |
St Helens, Lancs |
| Resided |
Rainhill, Lancs |
| How Died |
Killed In Action |
Theatre of War |
France & Flanders |
| Research Ref. No. |
P051 |
Service DetailsWilliam Chesworth arrived in France on 21st July 1915.
The 2nd Battalion, KOSB, moved from Arras on 13th July 1916, arriving at Franvillers on 16th.
They went into action on 19th and were in action until 23rd, when they were relieved. They went back into trenches at Longueval and Delville Wood on 29th and attacked north west of Delville Wood on the evening of 30th July.
It was presumably in this fighting that William Chesworth was killed. His body was never identified, if found, and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial
The Register of Soldiers Effects for William
The reverse of the card shows the Officer Commanding requesting authority to dispose of the medals in 1920.
William Chesworth's inscription on the Thiepval Memorial.
This picture was taken on Monday 21st February 2011
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