William Robert FOX
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Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 14 Jun 1896 - St Georges in the East, London, England Christening: 3 Jul 1896 - Shadwell, London, England Death: 10 Sep 1915 - Bray Sur Somme, Albert, France Burial: 1915 - Corbie, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, FranceEvents
• He resided at 153 High Street on 3 Jul 1896 in Shadwell, London, England.
• He was educated at St Pauls School in 1901 in Shadwell, London, England.
• He resided at 153 High Street in 1901 in Shadwell, London, England.
• He resided at 153 High Street on 12 Jun 1903 in Shadwell, London, England.
• He resided at Ratcliff Workhouse, Barnes Street (admitted) on 13 Jun 1903 in Ratcliff, London, England.
• He was educated at Broad Street School. School records show he could not read, write or do arithmetic. on 19 Oct 1903 in Ratcliff, London, England.
• He resided at Ratcliff Workhouse, Barnes Street (discharged) on 6 May 1904 in Ratcliff, London, England.
• He resided at Stifford Cottage Homes (admitted) on 7 May 1904 in North Stifford, Essex, England.
• He was educated at School records for Broad Street School show him as 'discharged to workhouse' - presumably a late recognition that he had been transferred to Stifford the previous week. on 13 May 1904 in Ratcliff, London, England.
• He resided at Stifford Cottage Homes (discharged) on 18 Jun 1910 in North Stifford, Essex, England.
• He resided at 48 & 49 West Block, Peabody Buildings on 19 Jun 1910 in Shadwell, London, England.
• He worked as an office boy in 1911.
• He resided at 48 & 49 West Block, Peabody Buildings on 2 Apr 1911 in Shadwell, London, England.
• He worked as a parcel porter for the Great Eastern Railway in 1914.
• He resided at 97 Grosvenor Street in 1914 in Stepney, London, England.
• William served in the military on 15 Jul 1915: D Company, 10th Battalion, The Essex Regiment, no. 13407.
• He served in the military on 15 Jul 1915 in France: He made his will leaving everything to his mother.
• William served in the military on 25 Jul 1915 in Wylye, Wiltshire, England: entrained for Folkestone en route to France.
• He served in the military on 26 Jul 1915 in Boulogne, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France: arrived from Folkestone en route to the front.
• William served in the military on 9 Sep 1915 in Bray Sur Somme, Albert, France: He was wounded in action in the trenches.
Parents
Father: James FOX (1855-Bef 1903) Mother: Margaret Ellen BEAUMONT (1861-1928)
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