Sergeant William Edwin Lander MM

Unit/Regiment South Wales Borderers
Battalion6th Service Number17176
Theatre of War first served in(1) France Date of entry therein24/09/1915
Age at Death 25 Date of Death15/04/1918
Burial/Memorial Reference Ploegsteert Memorial Panel 5.
CWGC Family Details Son of Albert and Annie Lander, of 8, Meredith Terrace, Newbridge, Mon.; husband of Mrs. K. Lander, of 2, Coles Building, West St., Warminster, Wilts.
Family & Census Details  
Where BornMynyddislwyn, Mon
EnlistedNewport, Mon ResidedNewbridge Mon
How DiedKilled in action Theatre of WarWestern European Theatre
Medal Entitlement 1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Military Medal
Notes Commemorated on the Celynen Collieries Roll of Honour
Commemorated on the Zion Chapel Roll of Honour
Commemorated on the Cwmcarn War Memorial - Courtesy of Tim Wolverson
Images Newspaper photograph - Courtesy of Shaun McGuire
Memorial - Ploegsteert Memorial
Newbridge War Memorial - Civic commemoration
Cwmcarn War Memorial - Civic commemoration
Celynen Collieries - Workplace commemoration
Zion Chapel - Roll of Honour
Medal Card - WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
Additional Information Holder of the Military Medal
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