Joseph Henry Western
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Scots Guards
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Lance Sergeant/Acting Sergeant 4478
Parents: Joseph Henry and Mary Rosina Western
Marital status: Married
Home address: High Street, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Bootmaker
Date of birth: 07/10/1881
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 25/08/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Mory Street Military Cemetery, St. Leger, Pas de Calais, France and commemorated on Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 36
Further information:
Joseph was born in Kingswood, the son of a bootmaker and a tailoress and the eldest of six children with two brothers and three sisters. He signed up to the army in 1902 and married Christina Allan from Montrose in 1909 in Keynsham. Together they had two children a boy and a girl who were aged 8 and 4 respectively when Joseph died.
Joseph served with the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards.
Joseph fought on the Western Front and Mory and St Leger, France, where he is buried, was recaptured by the allies at the end of August 1918 after severe fighting, by the 62nd (West Riding) and the Guards Division. It was during this engagement that Joseph was killed in action. One of Joseph's younger brothers James was also killed in action 3 years earlier. Both brothers were in the same battalion.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/