9126 PTE W.WADDINGTON 2/W.RID.R.
William Waddington
Born Shaw, Lancashire & lived in Oldham, Lancs
To France 11/9/14 with 2nd Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) & qualified for the ‘Aug-Nov 1914’ Clasp
KIA F&F 14/11/14 during First Battle of Ypres, when 2nd Dukes repulsed a German attack on their positions at Veldhoek Chateau, but at heavy cost, suffering 7 Officer & 380 Other Rank casualties
Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
With copy of his Medal Index Card, SDGW & CWGC details
Condition: GVF
