Basic Details
Surname
Sapey
Forenames
William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
43686
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 292 Oundle Road.

(CWGC records that Private William Sapey, regimental number 43686, died aged 28 on 27/5/1918 serving in 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Stone 23B of Soissons Memorial in France. They record him as the son of Mrs A F Turner (formerly Sapey) of 292 Oundle Road, Peterborough and the late Mr Sapey. Soldiers Died in the Great War records William as a native of Maldon, Essex who enlisted in Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his mother Alice Turner was his legatee. His birth was registered as William Sapey in 1888 in Maldon District, Essex. On the 1891 census he was living with his parents William and Alice Sapey at 8 Yatton Street in Bromley St Leonard in London. On the 1901 census William was a scholar at the Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum in Wanstead, Essex. On the 1911 census he was living with his mother Alice and step-father Thomas Turner at 292 Oundle Road in Woodston, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
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
Juvincourt Near Rheims
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
May
Day of death
27
Manner of death as stated
Reported missing, believed killed in action
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Address
292, OUNDLE ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial