Malin, William

Age: 18
Date of birth: 1898

Parents: Henry and Hannah Malin
Wife: Single
Address: 15 Stand Street

Occupation:

William Malin was born in 1898 in Drayton, Nr Stratford upon Avon.  His parents were Henry and Hannah Malin.  His father worked in agriculture as a labourer but the family moved into Warwick sometime between 1901 and 1911 when they are recorded as living at 61 Woodhouse Street.

Henry was the youngest of six children.  His siblings were James (b. 1886), George (b. 1888),  Charles (b.1889), Rose (b. 1891) and Thomas (b.1896).

These items all appeared in the Warwick Advertiser, 3 upon William’s death in 1916 and the final one in September 1918 – In Memoriam

 

 

 

Military Service

Rank & Number: Private, 3896
Regiment/Service: 2nd/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Brigade/Division: 182nd Brigade, 61st Division
Date of death: Friday, July 28, 1916
Cause of death/Battle: Died of wounds in hospital in Brighton
Commemorated/Buried: Warwick Cemetery - CWGC section - 200 C 16
Awards: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated locally at: St Pauls Church, Westgate School

Contributors

  • Unlocking Warwick Research Group
  • Warwick Advertiser excerpts courtesy of Warwickshire County Record Office

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