Private William, A Hurst, 35249
- Batt - 12/13
- Unit - Northumberland Fusiliers
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 04/10/1917
- Age - 28
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of the late Eliza Hurst.
Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. Coalville Times article - Friday January 4th, 1918
LOCAL CASUALITES
There are remarkable coincidences in connection with the deaths in action in France of two Hinckley soldiers, Privates George Mason and W. A. Hurst, of the Northumberland Fusiliers. Chums and neighbours in civil life, they joined up together in March, 1916, were trained together, and have since been fighting side by side. Both fell in the same action, and their bodies were buried together. By a further coincidence, their birthdays fell on the same day.
Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby. 6/1/2018
- Conflict - World War I
- Unit - Northumberland Fusiliers
- Cause of death - DIED
- Burial Commemoration - Tyne Cot Mem., Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Born - Hinckley, Leics
- Enlisted - Hinckley, Leics
- Memorial - HINCKLEY MEM., LEICS
