William Charles Huxtable
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Parents: William and Annie Huxtable
Marital status: Married
Home address: 4 Kerswill Road, Exeter
Pre-war occupation: Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist for the General Post Office
Date of birth: 18/09/1905
Date of death: 15/10/1943
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial Devon and the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 37
Further information:
William was born in Devon and lived there all his life. He was the son of a carpenter and had an older sister and a younger brother. He married Dorothy Beatrice Lear in May of 1936 and by 1939 they had 2 children.
William died at sea, killed in action. He was initially reported as missing which was changed to presumed killed 12 months later. The circumstances around his death are unknown.
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/