Basic Details
Surname
Ringrose
Forenames
William Herbert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
3474
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 73 Dickens Street.

(CWGC record that Private W H Ringrose, regimental number 3474, died aged 46 on 13/11/1915 serving in 1st/5th Battalion of the Welsh Regiment, and is buried in grave II.F.6 of Lala Baba Cemetery in Turkey. Soldiers Died in the Great War records that William Herbert Ringrose was a native of Peterborough who was living in Hirwaun, Glamorgan when he enlisted at Pontypridd. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Mrs Kate Taylor was his legatee. The birth of William Herbert Ringrose was registered in Peterborough in 1868. On the 1871 census he was living with his parents William and Eveline in Whalley Street, Peterborough. On the 1881 census they lived at 4 Neal's Cottages Whitsed Street, Peterborough. When William's marriage to Gertrude Emily Adams on 6/7/1896 was recorded in the Marriage register at All Saints' Church in Peterborough his address was given as 15 Vergette Street, Peterborough; Gertrude' address was given as 33 Bedford Street. On the 1901 census William's wife Gertrude was living at 4 Jessamine Grove, Monument Street, Peterborough; William was absent on that census night).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Welsh
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2/5th
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
Turkey
Town of death
Gallipoli
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
November
Day of death
13
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
73 DICKENS STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial