William Arthur Whyler
In 1901 and 1911 he made boxes and packing in a saw mill.
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William Arthru Whyler was born in 1883 at Nottingham he was the son of the late John a saw yard labourer and Clara Whyler née Dale and the brother of John, Clara, Gertrude and Mabel Whyler.
His father John was born in 1856 at Nottingham, he died in 1907 aged 51 yrs his mother Clara Dale was born in 1855 atNottingham, they were married on 6th May 1876 at St John's (Leenside) Church,Nottingham they went on to have 5 children, in 1901 they lived at 15 Stanhope Street Nottingham.
William Arthur married Annie Elizabeth Mokes was born on 5th March 1882 they were married in 1903 at Nottingham, they went on to have 7 children, Elsie born 14th July 1903, , Mary born 23rd September 1904, Herbert Henry 26th February 1908, Annie Elizabeth born 29th June 1912, James Arthur born 5th May 1914, Winifred Clara born 31st July 1915 and George born 8th October 1916.
In the 1911 census the family lived at 56 Thoresby Street Nottingham William Arthur 27 yrs is a wooden box maker, he is living with his wife Annie Elizabeth 28 yrs and their children, Elsie 7 yrs, Mary 6 yrs, Hubert Henry 3 yrs, Thomas Albert 11 months old.
William Arthur Whyler entered theatre (France) after 1 January 1916 and was probably conscripted at Nottingham.he served with the 9th battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment.
On 7 June 1917 the battalion took part in the Battle of Messines. At 3.10. am they heard the mines explode all across the front line and then they waited but no orders were received to move up and exploit the advance. It was noon on a hot June day when orders came to move to Vierstraat Switch. The battalion moved off at 12.30 pm but at 12.50 am a cyclist orderly met them with orders to move to China Wall (Trench system). Eventually they were ordered to move to Wytschaete Ridge and then advance down the ridge to the new front line but it was chaos and the enemy artillery sent over 5.9s which hit the battalion. By 7pm the battalion eventually regrouped and two companies occupied the Mahieu Line, with two in reserve. William was one of six battalion fatalities during these movements. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
John Morse
Id confirmed by Soldiers' Effects Register
additional research and information Peter Gillings
William Arthur Wyler name on Memorial
23065 Private William Arthur Wyler was killed in action on 7 June 1917, during the Battle of Messines and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Visited, wreath laid and photo taken by John Morse
Photo of William Whyler
whyler william_photo is courtesy of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment roll of hnor website.