Post by BereniceUK on Mar 30, 2017 15:50:49 GMT
14695 Private John Willan, 8th Border Regiment. Died 5th July 1916.
21594 Private Joseph Simpson Willan, 1st Border Regiment. Died 30th July 1916, aged 24. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Willan, of Bowland Bridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Willian, of Bowland Bridge, Crosthwaite, have been notified that their son, Pte. Joseph Willan, 7th Border Regiment, has been wounded in France, and is now in Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham. He has two other brothers on active service in France, Pte. John Willan, 8th Borders, and Pte. Robert Willan, 7th Borders.
(Westmorland Gazette, 18 March 1916)
21594 Private Joseph Simpson Willan, 1st Border Regiment. Died 30th July 1916, aged 24. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Willan, of Bowland Bridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Willian, of Bowland Bridge, Crosthwaite, have been notified that their son, Pte. Joseph Willan, 7th Border Regiment, has been wounded in France, and is now in Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham. He has two other brothers on active service in France, Pte. John Willan, 8th Borders, and Pte. Robert Willan, 7th Borders.
(Westmorland Gazette, 18 March 1916)