PLUCKNETT, William George

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, BelgiumCredit: CWGC

Private
D Company 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment

William was born 1892 in Newport to Jesse & Mary Jane (nee LANE) of ‘Osborne View’, Calbourne Road in Carisbrooke.

The 12th Battalion was involved in the attack on the German lines near Hill 60 & Mount Sorrell, Belgium, on the first day of the Battle of Messines.

William, aged 24, was reported Missing Killed in Action on the 7th of June 1917, & he is commemorated by the Commission, on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in Belgium, with 54,574 of his missing comrades.

William is also remembered on the County & Carisbrooke War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.