Basic Details
Surname
Offield
Forenames
William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
16622
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 137 Wellington Street.

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
3rd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Etaples
Country of burial
Not stated
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1918
Month of death
October
Day of death
26
Manner of death as stated
Died of pneumonia at No66 General Hospital in Etaples.
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease