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Name:

William LIDDLE

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Corporal

Initials:

Service No.:

20/430

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

C Company, 20th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Scottish)

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Place of Residence:

Addison Colliery, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

43 Colliery Cottages, Addison Colliery, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Addison Colliery.

How Died:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

Saturday 1st July 1916

Place of Death:

Somme, France.

Battle/Campaign:

Battles of the Somme, France, 1916. Battle of Albert, 1st 13th July 1916.

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Addison Colliery War Memorial, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

No known grave.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 18th November 1916.

Family Details:

Only son of George and Margaret Liddle. Husband of Jane Ann Liddle of 43 Colliery Cottages, Addison Colliery, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Shell shocked, June 1916. Missing in action, July 1916.

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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