Joseph Widdowson
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He was the son of William and Lizzie Widdowson and the brother of William, Hetty Elizabeth, George, Annie, Thomas and Albert Widdowson. In 1891 and 1901 they lived at 27 Pinder Street Nottingham. He was the husband of Betsy Widdowson and the father of Leonard Joseph and Edith May Widdowson. In 1911 they lived at 46 Grainger Street Nottingham.
He enlisted around 1902 and probably entered the Reserve around 1910/11. He re-enlisted at Newark and entered theatre on 2nd November 1914 serving in Y Company. The battalion had been heavily engaged in October around Herlies and at Messines on 1st November and were at that time fighting at Herenthage Chateau. On 16th June 1915, he took part in the attack on Bellewaarde Ridge as part of an attempt by 9th Brigade to break through the German lines and reach Bellewaarde Lake. The War Diary lists him as missing, but he was actually wounded and a prisoner of war. Joseph succumbed to his wounds on the 19th June 1915 and was buried in the German Military Cemetery at Ledeghem. After the war his body was reinterred in the Harlebeke New British Cemetery. Research John Beech
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