Basic Details
Surname
Netteingham
Forenames
William George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Nettleingham
Served or died
Died
Service number
14699
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 8 Lincoln Road, New England. It misrecords his surname as "Netteingham" and his date of death as 21/8/1918.

(CWGC records that Private William George Nettleingham, regimental number 14699, died aged 27 on 20/8/1916 serving in the 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave II.A.2 at La Neuville British Cememetry at Corbie in France. They record him as the only son of Emily and William Crockford Nettleingham of 15 Aston Street, Iffley Road, Oxford, and that he had been born in Oxford, educated at Oxford Modern School, and had been a woodcarver by trade. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that William was a native of Cowley St John, Oxford who enlisted in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died on 20/8/1918 at No 21 Casualty Clearing Station, and that his father William was his legatee. William George Nettleingham's birth was registered in Oxford in 1886. On the 1891 and 1901 census he had been living with his parents at 15 Aston Street, Cowley. On the 1911 census he had been a boarder at High Street, Harpenden, Herts).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th, MCG Section
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
La Neuville
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Corbie
Cemetery
British Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
August
Day of death
21
Manner of death as stated
"Wounded at Guillemont and died 21 August 1918 at 21st CCS, La Neuville"
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
8, LINCOLN ROAD, NEW ENGLAND
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial