William James Henry Heath (abt. 1891 - 1917)

Born about 1891 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 5 Mar 1917 at about age 26 in Somme, Picardie, France

Biography

Sapper William Heath was Killed in Action during World War I.

William was the son of William Heath and Ellen Wells. He was born in 1891 in Aldershot, Hampshire.^[1]

1891 Census - Mount Pleasant Terrace, Aldershot, Hampshire^[2]

1901 Census - Cross Street, No. 9 The Square, Farnborough, Hampshire^[3]

Sapper William Heath served in the British Army in World War I
Service started:
Unit(s): Royal Engineers
Service ended: 5 March 1917

William served with the 15th Field Company of the Royal Engineers, and was killed in action at the Western Front during the Great War, on 5th March 1917.^[4]

He was buried at the Hem Farm Military Cemetery, at Hem-Monacu, Somme, France.^[5][6]

 Sources 

1. ↑ Birth - England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 16 May 2020), database entry for Heath, William James Henry (Mother's maiden name: Wells), GRO Reference: 1891 June Quarter in Farnham, Volume 02A Page 107.
2. ↑ 1891 Census - Ancestry.com. 1891 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 564; Folio: 58; Page: 7; GSU roll: 6095674. Accessed 16 May 2020.
3. ↑ 1901 Census - "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSX1-VNN : accessed 16 May 2020), William Heath in household of Ellen Heath, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Farnborough subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ Military - "UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919" Name William James Henry Heath Birth Place Aldershot, Hants Death Date 5 Mar 1917 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Aldershot, Hants Rank SPR. Regiment Royal Engineers Regimental Number 14681 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Western European Theatre Comments 15Th Field Coy., R.E. Ancestry uk Record UKsoldiersGreatWar #445074
5. ↑ Death - Commonwealth War Graves Commission, https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/309957/w-j-h-heath/ : accessed 16 May 2020. Database entry for Heath, WJH (Service Number: 14681.)
6. ↑ Burial - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56398201/w-j_h-heath: accessed 28 January 2024), memorial page for Sapper W. J. H. Heath (unknown–5 Mar 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #56398201, citing Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France; Maintained by SMW (contributor 50068686).