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Private
William Edward Sherwood
Bachelor of Arts (Oxford)
1915/09/03 - Born Harvington, Worcestershire
Son of Hubert Edgar and Edith Janet Sherwood
(Fathers occupation Fruit Grower, Market Gardener)
Brother to Elizabeth (b.1917 and Constance (b.1921)
William was head boy at Alcester Grammar School, Warwickshire
Then went to Pembroke College Oxford and was in the ‘B’ boat race rowing team. In his spare time, when he was home, he would practice on the river Avon near to his family home.
William’s occupation Market Gardener
Next of kin - Hubert Edgar Sherwood, Warwickshire
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
'Z' Advanced Ordnance Workshop
(1942/10/01 - Transferred after his death to REME)
Service
Transported to Singapore
William was in an escape party from Singapore when the Japanese Sunk the boat.
1942/02/13 - William did not survive dying at sea.
1942/02/15 - Singapore surrendered to the Japanese
1942/04/04 - WO 417/41, Casualty List No. 789. Reported ‘Missing’.
1946/02/06 - WO417/101, Casualty List No.1979. Previously shown on Casualty List No.789 as Missing, 15/02/1942. Original source records Date of Casualty as on or shortly after 13/02/1942. ‘Presumed Killed in Action’
Died
Age 26
13th February 1942
Died at Sea
Loved Ones
Son of Hubert Edgar and Edith Janet Sherwood, of Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire.
Memorial
Column 110
Singapore Memorial
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Information
Anthony Stephen Clarke
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
KEW Files:- WO 361/2181, WO 361/435,
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