Basic Details
Surname
Pawley
Forenames
William Henry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Pauley
Served or died
Died
Service number
7509
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 7 Crawthorne Street, and that he was entitled to the 1914 Star medal. It misrecords his surname as "Pawley"; it was actually Pauley.

(CWGC records that Private William Henry Pauley, regimental number 7509, died aged 29 on 9/11/1914 serving in D Company, 1st Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial in France. They record him as the son of Francis and Hannah Pauley of Lattenbury Hill, St Ives, Hunts, and the husband of Ethel Maud Pauley of 7 Crawthorne Street, Peterborough. William Henry Pauley's birth was registered in Chesterton District, Cambs in 1885. On the 1891 census he was living with his parents Francis and Hannah in Wicken, Cambs; on the 1901 census he was living with them at Papworth. On both those census his place of birth was given as Waterbeach. His marriage to Ethel Maud Watson was registered in 1908 in St Ives District, Hunts. On the 1911 census he was living at 4 Crawthorne Street in Peterborough with his wife, their 2 year old daughter and Ethel's 10 year old son).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Beds
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
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
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1914
Month of death
November
Day of death
9
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
7 CRAWTHORNE STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial