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L/Cpl. William Waddle
British Army 1/5th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.12th Apr 1916)
William Waddle, Private 3674, enlisted in Walker and served in the 1st/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He died on the 12th April 1916 and is remembered at St. Pauls Church, he is buried in La Laiterie Military Cemetery. His medal card shows the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals. it also shows he held the rank of Corporal probably on a temporary basis.
William was born in Jarrow 1893, son of William and Jane Waddle. From an Ancestry search of the 1901 census his family are living at 196 Hope Street, Jarrow. His father William(38) is a Ships Plater in the shipyard and his mother Jane(41) has eight children living there. Robert(18), Frances(14), John(16), Ann(12), Ethel(10), William(8), Mary(3) and Joseph is 1 year old. A marriage search shows William Waddle and Matilda Robson married in the Quarter Jan-Mar 1914 with address given as 20 Queens Road Back Jarrow.
