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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
12442	ABRAM, Alfred	1889	ENG,	May 1903 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Barnardos
3111	ACHESON, Maggie	1891	ENG,	Jun 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
3112	ACHESON, Rachel	1893	IRL, , Ringwash	Jun 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
3158	ACWORTH, George Albert	1896	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Labourers & Domestics
18623	ASHBY, David Anthony	1900	ENG, WAR, Coles Hill	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
13052	BAKER, Ernest	1897	ENG, SOM, Weston Super Mare	Apr 1913 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
18504	BARNES, Edward	1885	ENG,	1903 : Lake Manitoba	CAN
18712	BARNES, James	1886	ENG,	1904 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown
18613	BINCCHI, Augustus	1900	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18665	BLACK, Llewellyn J	1900	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18683	BRADY, Thomas J.	1895	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18619	BRILL, Charlie	1898	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18629	BRILL, Frederick	1900	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18687	BROWN, Wilfred	1898	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18667	BUCCI, Lurge	1905	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
16582	BURGESS, John William	1897	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
16587	BURGESS, Thomas Henry	1896	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18652	BURNS, James	1899	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18650	BUSO, Henry J.	1897	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18641	CAPRARA, Gabriel	1894	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18643	CAREY, George	1898	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18651	CAREY, Herbert	1899	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
18660	CARROLL, Joseph	1900	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
3490	CASTELNOVO, George	1901	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
10650	CHIPPETT, Wallace	1904	ENG, , Reading	Apr 1913 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
18685	COX, Walter	1897	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
3348	DAVIES, Elizabeth Jean	1892	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Louisa Birt
3349	DAVIES, Ethel	1895	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Louisa Birt
3350	DAVIES, May	1894	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Louisa Birt
18616	DEMPSEY, Charles	1901	ENG,	Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba	CAN	Unknown Catholic Group
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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