Basic Details
Surname
Garside
Forenames
William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14302
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 19 City Road.

(CWGC records that Private W Garside, regimental number 14302, died on 13/12/1915 while serving in the 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave I.B.1 at Mericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension in France. They record him as the husband of Mrs H Garside of 23 St John's Street, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that William died on 13/12/1915, having been born in Pontefract in Yorkshire and enlisted in Northampton. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died on 13/12/1915 at 56th Field Ambulance, and that his widow Helen was his legatee. On the 1901 census he had been aged 16, living with his parents Joseph and Jessie in St John's Street in Peterborough. He may have been the William Garside who married Nellie Walker in Peterborough in 1913).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
6th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
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
Mericourt
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
December
Day of death
13
Manner of death as stated
"Died of sickness (pneumonia) at Merricourt"
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
19, CITY ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial