Profile: William (Willie) Westgarth

Private William (Willie) Westgarth (No: 213349)


Date of Birth:

Place of Birth:

Hamlet:

Village: Rookhope

Parish: Rookhope

Enlisted: Saturday, November 13, 1915, Bishop Auckland (aged 29)

Regiment: Durham Light Infantry

Battalion: 518th Field Company (R.E.)

Conflict: First World War

War Record: Yes

Discharge Status:

Next of Kin: Husband of Sarah Ellen Westgarth (Whitfield) of Rookhope


Notes

Occupation on enlistment - Bricklayer - Transferred to Royal Engineers as a Sapper (Training Center, Newark) Taken Prisoneer of War (18/4/1918)