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Record #23189
Name :
: William Thomas WEEKS (1898 - 1916)
  aka : Private Weeks


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 7 Apr 1898

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 17 Sep 1916   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Devon, Plymouth
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 2 Oct 1903
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
: Larson
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private William Thomas Weeks.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Ancestry.com
Name: William Thomas Weeks
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1893
Registration District: Plymouth
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 222

1901 English Census for William T Weeks lists him as a War of the household of Amelia Buning, in Devon, England. He is a 7 year old, born in 1894 in Plymouth, Devon, England.

1911 Canadian Census records place William T. Weeks as a farm labourer in Victoria, Alberta in the household of Emily and James Larson.

Attestation papers were signed 23 Dec 1914 in Lloydminster, Alberta. He had no Next of Kin. He was born 7 Apr 1898 in Plymouth, England. His Occupation was Farmer. 5'8 3/4" in height with blue eyes and fair hair, he had a scar on his left leg. His religion was noted as Methodist.

Commonwealth War Graves Register states that William died of wounds at No.3 Casualty Clearing Station. His Next of Kin was his Foster Mother, Mrs. W. Jackson of Haddenham, P O Chambridgeshire, England. He was buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France. Plot: IV. F. 6.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56578714 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-10-12 21:51:49 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-10-12 23:48:07 /

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3131 ACKERS, Victor Roy1904ENG, DEV, Plymouth Sep 1915 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
20177 AGGETT, Sidney Francis George1883ENG, DEV, East Stonehouse Jun 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
9920 BAMSEY, Laura1896ENG, DEV, St Thomas Jun 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
11946 BOWDEN, Reginald1908ENG, DEV Mar 1920 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
10633 CARSLAKE, Jessie1908ENG, DEV, Axminster Sep 1922 : Minnedosa CAN Barnardos  
9319 CLEAVE, Lily 1896ENG, DEV, Chudleigh Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
26827 COOKSLEY, Charles John1923ENG, DEV, Tiverton May 1934 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
4253 COOMBE, Emily1888ENG, DEV, Plymouth Jun 1900 : Cambroman CAN Barnardos  
9965 COX, Beatrice Maud1888ENG, DEV Oct 1902 : Colonian CAN Barnardos  
8173 DAMERELL, Thomas1913ENG, DEV May 1930 : Aurania CAN Church of England  
20969 DAVEY, Gerald1923ENG, DEV, Tavistock Oct 1935 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
17532 DAVEY, Gilbert1892ENG, DEV, Cullompton Oct 1902 : Colonian CAN Barnardos  
16213 DOWN, Daniel1899ENG, DEV, Widecombe May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
3230 DOWN, Herbert1889ENG, DEV, Tavistock, Lifton Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos robins302002  
16214 DOWN, Thomas Percy1897ENG, DEV, Widecombe Aug 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
8557 DUNNING, Cecilia1881ENG, DEV, Totnes Sep 1894 : Labrador CAN National Childrens Home  
5449 ELLIOTT, George Henry1928ENG, DEV, Plympton Oct 1935 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25964 EMMERSON, Howard John1917ENG, DEV, St Thomas Nov 1929 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
10168 EUSTACE, Piscilla 1888ENG, DEV, East Stonehouse May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
18885 FORD, Maurice1886ENG, DEV, Plympton Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
5784 GAGE, Alice Doreen1900ENG, DEV, St Thomas Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
12102 GILLARD, Wilfred1917ENG, DEV, Okehampton May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
10292 GITSHAM, Charles Berry1887ENG, DEV, Exeter Jul 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
27267 HARRIS, Irene Joan1923ENG, DEV, Exeter Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
8993 HELMER, Alfred Charles1884ENG, DEV, Devonport Aug 1896 : Scotsman CAN Barnardos  
4218 HOLMES, Eva1884ENG, DEV, Plymouth Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
15838 IRVINE, Arthur Wisdom1898ENG, DEV, Bideford Oct 1909 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
12370 JILLARD, Victor1904ENG, DEV, Devonport Sep 1914 : Corinthian CAN Barnardos  
8763 KEMBLE, Eli John1901ENG, DEV, St Thomas Jul 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
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