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William Robert FOX

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 14 Jun 1896 - St Georges in the East, London, England
    Christening: 3 Jul 1896 - Shadwell, London, England
          Death: 10 Sep 1915 - Bray Sur Somme, Albert, France
         Burial: Sep 1915 - Amiens, France

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Events

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• He lived at 153 High Street, Shadwell, London, England on 3 Jul 1896.

• In the 1901 census William's age is shown as 5

• He appeared in the 1901 census living at 153 High Street, Shadwell, London, England.

• He lived at 153 High Street, Shadwell, London, England on 13 Jun 1903.

• He lived at Ratcliff Workhouse, Ratcliff, London, England on 13 Jun 1903 (admitted).

• He lived at Ratcliff Workhouse, Ratcliff, London, England on 7 May 1904 (discharged).

• He lived at Stifford Cottage Homes, North Stifford, Essex, England on 7 May 1904 (admitted)
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• He lived at Stifford Cottage Homes, North Stifford, Essex, England on 18 Jun 1910 (discharged)
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• In the 1911 census William's age is shown as 15

• He appeared in the 1911 census living at Peabody Buildings, Shadwell, London, England.

• He worked as an Office Boy in 1911,.

• He worked as a parcel porter for the Great Eastern Railway in 1914, (see letter from Ian Hook, Keeper of the Essex Regiment Museum).

• He lived at 97 Grosvenor Street, London, England in 1914.

• He joined the Essex Regiment, Mile End, London, England in 1914

• He was posted to the Western Front on 25 Jul 1915

• He was wounded in action in the trenches, Bray Sur Somme, Albert, France on 9 Sep 1915

• He died from his wounds, Bray Sur Somme, Albert, France on 10 Sep 1915

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Parents

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         Father: James FOX (1855-Between 1902/1903)
         Mother: Margaret Ellen BEAUMONT (1861-1928)

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Notes

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Christening Notes:

St Pauls

Burial Notes:

Corbie Communal Cemetery

General:

William's name appears on the Memorial to those killed during the Great War who attended Stifford Cottage Homes, which was owned by the Stepney Board of Guardians (verified by Michael Rogers, 25 Oct 2009).

Last updated 28 May 2013