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Recovered 21.08.2023 from https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/450593/william-ernest-ransome/
SERJEANT WILLIAM ERNEST RANSOME
Service Number: 7683
Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Bn.
Date of Death 26 January 1915 Age 27 years old
Buried WULVERGHEM-LINDENHOEK ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY IV. G. 30. Belgium
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Sergeant WILLIAM RANSOME (Piddletrenthide), 1st Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment
In January 1915 1st Dorsets were at Wulverlghem, on the River Douve, some 5-6 miles south of Ypres. Serving with the battalion was 27 year old Sergeant William Ransome. Ransome was born in Yorkshire, but he joined the Dorsets before the War. He was married and made his home in Weymouth with his wife Elsie. It is thought that Elsie came from Piddletrenthide, hence Ransome's connection with the village.
He was killed on 26th January, a quiet day for the Battalion. During the small hours an officer's patrol had been into no-man's land and destroyed a sniper's nest. Then, at 9.10 in the morning, the trenches were shelled for a short while by a light gun. Ransome may have been killed during this shelling for he was the Battalion's only casualty that day. William Ransome is buried in the Lindenhoek Road Cemetery at Wulvergham.