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William Gurney
Son of Daniel Gurney and Sarah Gurney née Bridges
Born about September 1872 at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
Married Mary Ann Bentley around September 1892 at Kingston
Employed as a bricklayer, he enlisted as Private (SS/13135) with the Army Service Corps, 18th Labour Company in June 1914.
In August 1914 his wife Mary Ann died, leaving behind five children, only two of whom were grown up.
He drowned when the British transport ship "Royal Edward" was sunk by a torpedo from a German submarine in the Aegean Sea, near the Italian Dodecanese island of Kos, on 13th August 1915. 1,865 soldiers and crew were lost.
Listed on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey (Panel 199 or 233 to 236 and 331)
(See: Find A Grave Memorial# 56010603)
Listed on Teddington War Memorial
This page is part of the Online WW1 War Memorial for Teddington developed by the History Group of The Teddington Society. Click on any photo for a higher resolution version. Please send any corrections or additional information by email to David Neller at DaveNeller@aol.com. Copyright for the material on this page rests with the contributor. Click to return to the Home page for the Online WW1 War Memorial for Teddington.