CSM 10579 William Nelson Waddicor 18th Bn

[mack]

CSM 10579 william,nelson waddicor
enlisted 7-9-14
18th manchesters
A.coy
aged 27
occupation,tea warehouse clerk
6 watson st,lower broughton
educated sussex weslyan day school,salford
married maud,may smith at ascension church 3-9-14
formerly time expired from 8th lancashire fusiliers
suffered heart strain 22-2-1916,evacuated to england on hospital ship st.denis on 29-2-16 from 1st gen hospital etretat.
discharged physically unfit 21-9-16
admitted to leaf square military hospital on 4-2-17,died there on 22-2-17
son of william,valentine+florence waddicor,53 piercey st,lower broughton
his father died 3 days before him on 19th february

not commemorated by the CWGC

[mack]

CSM waddicor worked for stewart,thompson+co Ltd

[shred]

Thanks to Mack, William Nelson Waddicor has been accepted by the In From the Cold Project. Due to MOD cutbacks it may be sometime before he is accepted by the CWGC.

Copy of death certificate:

[mack]

hiya gary.
you and the gang on SWARM did all the hard work,i only told you about him,its a good day for both our forums,kingo is compiling a database for the 18th manchesters,this will be good news for him,as well as for our forums
many thanks gary

mack