Lonsdale, William

Dates:

War Service:
Private William Lonsdale, 13th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died of wounds on the 9th April 1917, aged 21. He initially enlisted in the Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment before transferring to the Machine Gun Corps.

He is buried and remembered in the Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery, Estree-Cauchy, France.

Location of Memorial:
He is remembered on the memorial at Goldsmiths College, New Cross where he was a member of the Science Department and also on the memorials at St Andrew's Church, Catford

Details:
He was the son of Samuel and Minnie Lonsdale, of 52, Minard Road, Catford. His brother, Samuel James Lonsdale also served during the war and was commissioned into the 1st Battalion London Regiment.

Source:

Contributed By: Andy Pepper and Kevin Loughnane

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