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Record #23460
Name :
: William Frederick POGSON (1897 - 1918)
  aka : Private Pogson


Father
:
Mother
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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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23460 POGSON, William Frederick1897ENG, MDX, London Apr 1913 : Lake Manitoba CAN Fegan Homes for Boys