WALLACE, William Robert Thomas

Hadra War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria Egypt

Credit: CWGC

Rifleman

1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles

Hampshire Regiment

William was born 1896 in Newport to William & Alice Maude (nee HOWES) WALLACE. In 1901 the family lived at 55, Hunnyhill in Newport. By 1911 they had moved to number 112. William was married & they lived at ‘Dorcia’, Spring Gardens in Shanklin.

William is reported to have Died of Wounds, aged 21, on the 2nd of May 1917. He is buried in the Hadra War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria in Eqypt beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription, chosen by his wife, “TO MEMORY EVER DEAR”. He rests alongside 1,700 of his First World War comrades.

William is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough 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.