Private William Henry Spiller
50266 20th Liverpool Regiment
Formerly 37549 East Lancashire Regiment
Born June 1880 in St Germans, Cornwall
Killed in Action 19th December 1917, aged 39
Lived at 10 Bedford Street
Buried in Railway Dugouts Cemetery, Belgium
Burnley Express
9th January 1918

Married June 1900 in Liskeard, Cornwall to Mary Elizabeth Dunn

My grandfather was conscripted in March 1917 and "graduated" the East Lancashire Regiment but did not serve overseas with that unit. He and 14 other recruits of similar background (East Lancashire Regimental numbers, age and geography) appear on a alpha-numeric list created at 30 IDB, Etaples in June 1917 where they receive new numbers and those with surnames A-l go to 17th Battalion King's (Liverpool Regiment) and those with surnames M-Z go to the 20th Battalion.
One of these is William Spiller mentioned on your site.
(Courtesy of Ian Cameron)







 

 

 

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