William Thomas Gore
William Gore was still at school (C. 1911)
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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.
He enlisted at Nottingham he served with the 1/7th battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment, he was killed in action on on 1 July 1916, aged 20, during the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, the opening day of the Battle of the Somme; buried at the Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, Pas de Calais, France
additional research and information Peter Gillings
William Thomas Gore
Commonwealth war grave headstone marking his grave at Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, Pas De Calais, France. Courtesy of Murray Biddle
William Thomas Gore
Photograph of Wiliam Thomas Gore is courtesy of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment roll of honour website.