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Name : William Fletcher Son of : Joseph Edward and Flora Cauty Fletcher, of St John's, Wroxall, Isle of Wight. Born : 1880, Dover, Kent. |
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Census information : 1881 : Joseph and Flora Fletcher, with their children including Willie aged 1, are at 7 Guildford Terrace, Charlton, Dover, Kent. Joseph Fletcher is an Ironmonger's Clerk. 1891 : Joseph and Flora Fletcher, with their children including Willie aged 11, are at 111 Victor Road, Willesden, London. Joseph Fletcher is an Ironmonger's Assistant. 1901 : Joseph and Flora Fletcher, with their children including Willie aged 21, are at 2 Colan Ark, Cemetery Road, Binstead, Isle of Wight. Joseph Fletcher is a Commission Agent; William Fletcher is a Hotel Waiter. 1911 : Joseph and Flora Fletcher, with their children (but not including William), are at St John's, Wroxall, Isle of Wight. Joseph Fletcher is an Ironmonger (retired). |
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Service Details : Private 201285 William de la Flechere, 1st/5th Bn., Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Previously served with the French Foreign Legion, where he presumably was obliged to change his name to the more French sounding version of his real surname. |
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Casualty Details : Died : 8 Nov 1917, aged 23. Buried at : Gaza War Cemetery, Israel (including Palestine and Gaza). CWGC Record |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 05 Wroxall War Memorial |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
Saturday, December 15, 1917 Page 8 WROXALL Pte. William Fletcher, second son of Mr. J. Fletcher, St. John's, was killed in action in Palestine on November 8th. Being in France at the outbreak of war he joined the Foreign Legion at Orleans, and after active service in the trenches in France got transferred to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He went with the Expeditionary Force to Egypt, and thence to Palestine. |
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Acknowledgments :
Janet Griffin for newspaper research |
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