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William Thomas Gore

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  • Commonwealth war grave headstone marking his grave at Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, Pas De Calais, France. Courtesy of Murray Biddle
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Nottinghamshire
William Thomas Gore was the son of Charles Francis Gore and Maria Elizabeth Herrick who married at Nottingham in 1897. They had three children: William Thomas (b.1897), Ada Nellie (b.1898) and Eric Cecil Gore (b.1911). The family lived at: 118 Garfield Road, Radford [C.1901]; 25 Garfield Street [C.1911]; 30 Grimston Road, Radford [n.e.p.9.6.1917]. Charles Francis Gore, who was a cycle fitter in the 1901 census and a printing machine fitter in 1911, died at Nottingham, aged 57, in 1927. His widow, Maria Elizabeth, died, aged 79, in 1953 when she was living at 50 Grimston Road, Radford.
William Gore was still at school (C. 1911)
01 Jul 1916
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305498 - CWGC Website
266394
Private
1/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
He enlisted at Nottingham; killed on 1 July 1916, the opening day of the Battle of the Somme; buried at the Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, Pas de Calais, France
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  • Commonwealth war grave headstone marking his grave at Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, Pas De Calais, France. Courtesy of Murray Biddle
    William Thomas Gore - Commonwealth war grave headstone marking his grave at Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, Pas De Calais, France. Courtesy of Murray Biddle
  • Photograph of Wiliam Thomas Gore is courtesy of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment roll of honour website.
    William Thomas Gore - Photograph of Wiliam Thomas Gore is courtesy of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment roll of honour website.

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