No. 12777, Lance Corporal, William Edward MENDHAM
Aged 23
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William Edward MENDHAM was born in Soham on January 12th 1894 (Mildenhall Q1-1894 4A:534), baptised in Soham on 7th February 1894, son of Robert James and
Emma Mary MENDHAM (née FULLER), at the time of Clay Street, Soham.
1901 census...Aged 7, he was at Main Street, West Row with his father Robert Mendham [37] a shepherd born Barton Mills; his mother Emma [32] born Exning; brothers Robert [11] born Snailwell and Percy [4] born Mildenhall; sisters Florence [9] born Soham and Ellen [1] born Mildenhall. His father died in 1908. 1911 census... Aged 17, a farm labourer, he was in West Row with his widowed mother, sister Ellen; brothers Percy (shepherd) and Albert [8] born Mildenhall. One sibling had died. His younger brother Percy died in Belgium exactly 2 months later see here His eldest brother Robert survived the Great War but died in UK in 1940 serving as Robert William WELSH in the Suffolk Regiment see here |
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He enlisted in Newmarket.
The 8th Suffolk from camp in the Heninel area on 27th had working parties in the front line, suffering light casualties each day, seven on 31st May CWGC records that the 8th Suffolks had 3 men killed that day.
photo: Commonwealth War Graves Commission click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details |
