Private 10940 William McDOUGALL
2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)transferred to 308322 24th Company, Labour Corps
Died of Wounds, Tuesday 16th October 1917, No.44 Casualty Clearing Station, Brandhoek, Belgium, Age 45
Home address:
42 Russell Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1872, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Ann McDougall and Samuel McDougall
42 Russell Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Married to Mary Ellen McDougall née Cross)
Barnoldswick, Lancashire
Occupation:
Weaver Cotton Mill
Enlisted:
Skipton, Yorkshire
Remembered:
Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, plot IV, row C, grave 4.
Link to Hyde:
Lived in Hyde
His wife Mary Ellen McDougall had died before he enlisted.
Private William McDougall died of a gun shot wound to the neck.
He had previously suffered a gun shot wound to the neck in June 1915 at Rouen, France.
The message on his CWGC gravestone, put there by Mrs E Cross, 1 West Gate Yard, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire:
JAMES MC DOUGALL