Service No: 42983
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Essex Regiment, 10th Bn.
Son of George Alfred and Ann Maria Dunkley, of Watford Village, Northamptonshire.
Private William Dunkley was born in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire in 1899 and was the third son of George Alfred and Ann Maria (Annie) Dunkley nee Goodman. His father was the Publican of the Henley Arms in the small village of Watford, Northamptonshire, and the family lived at the Inn. He enlisted at Northampton and initially served as 6800 in the Bedfordshire Regiment before transferring to the 10th Battalion of the Essex Regiment. He died on the 28th of April 1918 of wounds received at Hangard Wood near Villers-Bretonneux.
Following his death, William was initially buried at the Cempuis Military Cemetery, Dieppe (Grave 26) before being exhumed in 1920 and relocated to the Marissel French National Cemetery in Beauvais, France (Row 10, Grave 666). - This was commonplace where temporary military cemeteries had been created for immediate use, due to the vast numbers killed in action. His elder brother George Alfred Dunkley fought and was wounded in France whilst serving with the Rifle Brigade. His other brother; Walter Charles Dunkley, was killed in action in 1916 whilst serving in the 8th Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at the Battle of Kut, in Mesopotamia.
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Essex Regiment, 10th Bn.
Son of George Alfred and Ann Maria Dunkley, of Watford Village, Northamptonshire.
Private William Dunkley was born in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire in 1899 and was the third son of George Alfred and Ann Maria (Annie) Dunkley nee Goodman. His father was the Publican of the Henley Arms in the small village of Watford, Northamptonshire, and the family lived at the Inn. He enlisted at Northampton and initially served as 6800 in the Bedfordshire Regiment before transferring to the 10th Battalion of the Essex Regiment. He died on the 28th of April 1918 of wounds received at Hangard Wood near Villers-Bretonneux.
Following his death, William was initially buried at the Cempuis Military Cemetery, Dieppe (Grave 26) before being exhumed in 1920 and relocated to the Marissel French National Cemetery in Beauvais, France (Row 10, Grave 666). - This was commonplace where temporary military cemeteries had been created for immediate use, due to the vast numbers killed in action. His elder brother George Alfred Dunkley fought and was wounded in France whilst serving with the Rifle Brigade. His other brother; Walter Charles Dunkley, was killed in action in 1916 whilst serving in the 8th Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at the Battle of Kut, in Mesopotamia.
Service No: 42983
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Essex Regiment, 10th Bn.
Son of George Alfred and Ann Maria Dunkley, of Watford Village, Northamptonshire.
Private William Dunkley was born in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire in 1899 and was the third son of George Alfred and Ann Maria (Annie) Dunkley nee Goodman. His father was the Publican of the Henley Arms in the small village of Watford, Northamptonshire, and the family lived at the Inn. He enlisted at Northampton and initially served as 6800 in the Bedfordshire Regiment before transferring to the 10th Battalion of the Essex Regiment. He died on the 28th of April 1918 of wounds received at Hangard Wood near Villers-Bretonneux.
Following his death, William was initially buried at the Cempuis Military Cemetery, Dieppe (Grave 26) before being exhumed in 1920 and relocated to the Marissel French National Cemetery in Beauvais, France (Row 10, Grave 666). - This was commonplace where temporary military cemeteries had been created for immediate use, due to the vast numbers killed in action. His elder brother George Alfred Dunkley fought and was wounded in France whilst serving with the Rifle Brigade. His other brother; Walter Charles Dunkley, was killed in action in 1916 whilst serving in the 8th Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at the Battle of Kut, in Mesopotamia.
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Essex Regiment, 10th Bn.
Son of George Alfred and Ann Maria Dunkley, of Watford Village, Northamptonshire.
Private William Dunkley was born in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire in 1899 and was the third son of George Alfred and Ann Maria (Annie) Dunkley nee Goodman. His father was the Publican of the Henley Arms in the small village of Watford, Northamptonshire, and the family lived at the Inn. He enlisted at Northampton and initially served as 6800 in the Bedfordshire Regiment before transferring to the 10th Battalion of the Essex Regiment. He died on the 28th of April 1918 of wounds received at Hangard Wood near Villers-Bretonneux.
Following his death, William was initially buried at the Cempuis Military Cemetery, Dieppe (Grave 26) before being exhumed in 1920 and relocated to the Marissel French National Cemetery in Beauvais, France (Row 10, Grave 666). - This was commonplace where temporary military cemeteries had been created for immediate use, due to the vast numbers killed in action. His elder brother George Alfred Dunkley fought and was wounded in France whilst serving with the Rifle Brigade. His other brother; Walter Charles Dunkley, was killed in action in 1916 whilst serving in the 8th Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at the Battle of Kut, in Mesopotamia.
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