The son of John Thomas and Georgina Lane, William was born in Wolverhampton in 1921. William’s mother, Georgina, died at the age of 53 in 1932. By 1939, his father was living in Kimberley Street, Wolverhampton

He served as a Lance Corporal in the 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps (service number 321240) but he was killed in action on 27 December 1941. He is remembered at the Brookwood Memorial in Surrey and on the war memorial for St Chad’s College, which he presumably attended.

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The research for this blog post was carried out by remote virtual volunteer, Ann Eales.