10501 Private William Henry Gough
8th(Service)Battalion
Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916
Born in Newton Abbot,Devon in 1879.
His parents were Frank Gough(1859-1903) and
Emma Jane Randall Puddicombe(1861-1912).
They were married in 1879.
William had a brother; Frederick(1889-1929) and 6 Sisters;
Ellen(born in 1880),Emma(born in 1884),
Florence(18/01/1883-1980),Annie(born in 1885),
Frances Mary(1886-1958) and Jessie(born in 1894).
In the 1881 census,the family are recorded as living at
No.7 Court, 6 Welborough Street,Newton Abbot. Frank was employed as a carter.
In the 1891 census,the family had moved to
No.2 Court,3 East Street,Newton Abbot where they would remain for the next 20 years. Frank was now employed as a general labourer.
In the 1901 census, Frank was still a general labourer as now was William; something that he would still be doing come the 1911 census.
William enlisted in Exeter and his date for disembarkation into France was on 25/07/1915.
He was killed in action on 01/07/1916.
He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star,the 1914-1918 British War and Allied Victory medals.
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The Western Times - Friday 28 July 1916- "Another Newtonian killed in action on July 1st was Pte W.H.Gough,
the news having been received by his sister Mrs(Florence)Chapple (1 Court, 4 Woolborough Street)Newton Abbot.
Pte Gough was in the Devons. He was 38 years of age,unmarried".