William Collingwood Plumbe
Service Number
39862
Military Unit
Gloucestershire Regiment
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
13 Nov 1918 (32 Years Old)
Place of Birth
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Manager of Sherwood Chemical Works Co, and managing director of the family firm, Plumbe & Richardson. Attended Queen Elizabeth School 11/05/1895 to August 1903. He was the choir leader and Sunday School superintendent (morning) at Mansfield West Gate Congregational Church; he resigned in early 1917 as he had been called up.
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Family History
Wife: Marion, nee Cooper married 1911. Children: Joan, born 1913, Kenneth, born 1914 and Barbara, born 1917. They lived at Linden House, Mansfield. William left £608 10s. 1d. to Marion in his will.
Military History
1/5th Bn Gloucestershire Regiment. Secondary regiment Yorkshire Regiment (formerly 34233 9th Bn). Enlisted March 1917. Died at Edinburgh War Hospital and buried Mansfield (Nottingham Road) Cemetery.
Extra Information
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser 21/11/1918 Funeral at Mansfield Cemetery, left a widow and 3 children.
