Samuel Clifford Plaster
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 44295 (previously 45842)
Parents: Samuel and Martha Plaster
Home address: 4 Blackhorse Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Date of birth: 1899
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 11/08/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated at Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium and Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 19
Further information:
Samuel was born in Kingswood, the son of a labourer and the eldest of three brothers.
Samuel initially enlisted in the Hampshire Regiment and later transferred to the 2nd/4th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment. He was most probably killed in action in the course of day-to-day trench warfare typical of this part of the line. The Ploegsteert Memorial where Samuel is remembered, commemorates more than 11,000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in this sector during the First World War and have no known grave.
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/