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Record #23460

Name :: : William Frederick POGSON (1897 - 1918)
aka : Private Pogson
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 28 Feb 1897
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 29 Sep 1918 Notes : Killed in Action

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, London

Fulham

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Raillencourt-Sainte-Olle

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 27 Apr 1913
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Lake Manitoba
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Fegan Homes
Agency: : Fegan Homes for Boys

NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private William Pogson.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: William Frederick Pogson
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1897
Registration District: Fulham
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 341

London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911
Name: William Pogson
Age: 3
Birth Date: 10 Nov 1897
School: Hazelbank Road School
Borough: Lewisham
Admission Date: 15 Apr 1901
Parent: Robert
Notes: Hazelbank Road School was a temporary iron building. Opened in or before 1901. Closed before 1910
Reference Number: LCC/EO/DIV07/HAZ/AD/001
Additional information: Address: 33 Killearn Road. No previous School attended.

1901 English Census records place the family of Sarah and Robert Pogson in Lewisham, London, England. In residence were children Laura (10), Robert (5), William (3), and Frederick (1). Robert was a Bookmaker by trade.

1911 English Census records place the family of widowed Robert Rogson at 35 Oxford Terrace, S Woodford, Essex, England. In residence were children Laura (20), Robert (15), William (12), Frederick (9) and Grace (7). Robert was listed as a Book Rejoiner, Laura worked as a Laundress and Robert a Laundry Van man.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: POGSON
Given Name: William
Age: 15
Sex: M
Ship: Lake Manitoba
Year of Arrival: 1913
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1913-04-16
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1913-04-27
Destination: Toronto, Ontario
Comments: Mr Fegan's party of 119
Notes: The child's surname was illegible or difficult to decipher
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG76 C 1 a and PRO London BT 27/794 (4)
Microfilm: T-4794
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

Attestation papers were signed 10 Jan 1916 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. William Pogson was born 28 Feb 1897 in Fulham, England. He worked as a farmhand in Niagara Falls, Ontario. His Next of Kin was Robert Pogson of Maybank Cottages, Maybank Road, South Woodford, London, England. He had previous Military Experience with the 44th Regiment. 5'5" in height with hazel eyes and dark brown hair. His religion was listed as Baptist.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he was Killed in Action in the attack on an enemy position east of Raillensourt to west of Tillory by machine gun fire. He was buried in Raillencourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Raillencourt-Sainte-Olle, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Plot: I. C. 2.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56053625

ContributorsCreated : 2014-01-03 14:42:30 / From original database

Last Updated : 2014-01-03 14:42:54 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3020	ABBOT, Alice	1877	ENG, MDX, Islington	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3035	ABBOTT, Geoffrey Robinson	1898	ENG, MDX, Paddington	Mar 1912 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Sailing Alone
3036	ABBOTT, George	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
27033	ABBOTT, Harry Franz	1917	ENG, MDX, Hendon	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3038	ABBOTT, Herman Henry	1882	ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3082	ABEL, Walter John	1869	ENG, MDX, London	Aug 1884 : Sarmatian	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
3133	ACLAND, Arthur Edward	1874	ENG, MDX, Holloway	Apr 1886 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
5391	AKERMAN, Martha Rosina	1891	ENG, MDX, St. Giles	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
9843	ALBON, Frank Baldwin	1889	ENG, MDX, Staines	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
4649	ALBON, Mildred Margaret	1891	ENG, MDX, Teddington	Jun 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
16328	ALLMAN, Sophia Mary Ann	1875	ENG, MDX, St. George in the East	Jun 1885 : Lake WWnnipeg	CAN	Middlemore
3517	ALLUM, Jessie Maud	1899	ENG, MDX, Hillingdon Heath	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10946	ALLWRIGHT, Bertha Isabella	1869	ENG, MDX, Mile End Old Town	Jun 1879 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
10947	ALLWRIGHT, Phoebe	1871	ENG, MDX, Poplar	Jun 1879 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
7528	ALVAREZ, Florence Rebecca	1862	ENG, MDX, Hackney	Nov 1869 : Hibernian	CAN	Maria Rye
3801	ANSELL, Alan Joseph	1894	ENG, MDX, Whitechapel, London	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3800	APPLEBY, Nelson F.	1910	ENG, MDX, Lewisham, London	Jun 1924 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
2934	ARMINGER, Eleanor Florence	1886	ENG, MDX, Mile End Old Town	Mar 1895 : Mongolian	CAN	Maria Rye
22113	ATKINS, Valentine	1915	ENG, MDX, Edmonton	May 1931 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
3080	AUBURN, John George	1855	ENG, MDX, London	May 1872 : Varuna	CAN	Shoe Black Brigade
3680	AYRE, Arthur	1896	ENG, MDX, Stoke Newington, London	Jul 1909 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3681	AYRE, Elsie	1892	ENG, MDX, Islington, London	Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3682	AYRE, Maud	1893	ENG, MDX, Stoke Newington, London	Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3687	BAILEY, Emily May	1897	ENG, MDX, Edgeware	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3969	BAKER, Alfred Augustus	1886	ENG, MDX, Whitechapel, London	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
16181	BAKER, Edward George	1909	ENG, MDX, Staines	Jun 1921 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
17321	BALE, James Arthur	1896	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1905 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
14741	BALL, Frederick Phillip	1878	ENG, MDX, London	May 1892 : Numidian	CAN	Childrens Aid Society
22014	BAMFORD, George Joseph	1897	ENG, MDX	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
10259	BANKS, Constance	1899	ENG, MDX, Hendon	Aug 1913 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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