Guest Hill 60 Posted 23 January , 2004 Share Posted 23 January , 2004 SDGW: 801386 Driver John William Webster RHA & RFA (Territorial Force) Born: Withern, Lincolnshire Enlisted: Louth, Lincs Died France & Flanders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hill 60 Posted 23 January , 2004 Share Posted 23 January , 2004 CWGC: Name: WEBSTER Initials: J W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Driver Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: "C" Bty. 295th Bde. Date of Death: 23/01/1918 Service No: 801386 Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 24. Cemetery: AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Country: France Locality: Pas de Calais Historical Information: The village of Avesnes-le-Comte was for some time the VI Corps headquarters. The 37th and 30th Casualty Clearing Stations were there from April 1916, the 42nd in June 1916, and the 41st in January 1917. The communal cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the First World War, both made in April 1916. Thereafter, burials were made in the extension, which contains 333 graves. Most of these were from the 37th CCS which stayed in the village until July 1917. The extension also contains one Second World War burial. The extension was designed by Charles Holden. No. of Identified Casualties: 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 23 January , 2004 Share Posted 23 January , 2004 Withern This village and parish is in the northeast of Lincolnshire about six miles southeast of Louth and four miles east of the A16 trunk road, bordered on the north by Gayton le Marsh parish and in the southeast by Strubby parish. It includes the hamlet of Stain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 23 January , 2004 Share Posted 23 January , 2004 This is possibly the registration of his birth; FreeBMD Surname Given Name District Volume Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Dec 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Webster John William Louth 7a 590 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 23 January , 2004 Share Posted 23 January , 2004 There apparently was a RAF Camp at Withern, as shown by this burial in 1918 Name: JOHNSON Initials: J E Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Boy Regiment: Royal Air Force Unit Text: Withern Camp Age: 17 Date of Death: 01/05/1918 Service No: 249696 Additional information: Son of Mrs. E. Johnson, of II, Merridale St., Wolverhampton. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 23283. Cemetery: WOLVERHAMPTON BOROUGH CEMETERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 23 January , 2004 Share Posted 23 January , 2004 Our man is remembered on the Louth War Memorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 23 January , 2004 Share Posted 23 January , 2004 Lee Is this yer man? John W Webster, Aged 6, is recorded on the 1901 census as living at 68, Main Street, Withern. He is recorded as the grandson of the head of the household, Charles Webster, a Woddsman aged 54 and his wife Louisa Webster, Aged 51. There is no evidence of his parents on or near that address at that time Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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