Basic Details
Surname
Maddocks
Forenames
William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
William Edwin
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Longthorpe.

(CWGC records that Private William Edwin Maddocks, regimental number 70148, died on 8/10/1916 serving in 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France. They record him as the son of John and Mary Ann Maddocks, whose address they do not state. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that William died "on or since" 8/10/1916; his legatees were his brothers Harry and Francis John, and their sister Emma Hales. Born in Longthorpe, William Edwin Maddocks' birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1877. On the 1881 census he was living with his parents, John and Mary Ann Maddocks, at Longthorpe Lodge. He was still living with them on the 1911 census at Thorpe Park, Longthorpe, Peterborough.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Sherwood Foresters
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Near Albert
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
October
Manner of death as stated
"Reported missing, believed killed in action October 1916 near Albert" (date unspecified)
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Address
LONGTHORPE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial