William Lawrence Savidge
Service Number
3153
Military Unit
7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
01 Jul 1916 (18 Years Old)
Place of Birth
Derby
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Member of 2nd Nottingham Company Boys' Brigade (Dakeyne Street Lads' Club).
- Family History
- Military History
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Family History
Son of Charles and Florence Savidge, of 113, Pym St., Nottingham (CWGC).
Military History
In France from 28 June 1915. Awarded 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Killed in the attack on Gommecourt on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, and buried Foncquevillers Military Cemetery (grave ref I.L.37). He shares a grave with Private PRS Coppock, Lincolnshire Regiment (1 July 1916) and a soldier believed to be Private WH Cope, RAMC (1 July 1916). Part of the battalion's Lewis gun detachment.
Extra Information
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