Notes
The Roll lists his address as 137 Wellington Street. It states he died serving in the 3rd Battalion, which differs from official records.
(CWGC records that Lance Corporal William Offield, regimental number 16622, died aged 28 on 26/10/1918 serving in 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave LXVII.L.28 at Etaples Military Cemetery in France. They record him as the son of William and Mary Offield of Peterborough, Northants and the husband of F C Offield of 38 Shell Road, Lewisham, London. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that William died at 56 General Hospital in France, and that his widow Florence was his legatee. The Medal Rolls record that he served in the 2nd Battalion. On the 1911 census William had been living with his parents William and Mary Offield at 137 Wellington Street, Peterborough. His marriage to Florence C Ward was registered in 1916 in Boston, Lincolnshire).