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Lt. · 208 Machine Gun Company, 62 (2 West Riding) Division (Jan. 1916) // 3 Bedfordshire Regiment (Sept. 1917)

Henry William Williamson

† 13/08/1977 · 81 jaar · Georgeham, Devon

Persoonlijke gegevens

NaamWilliamson
InitialenH.W.
VoornaamHenry William
Geboortedatum en -plaatsBrockley, London; 01.12.1895
Adres11 Eastern Road, Brockley, London
BeroepClerk (insurance office)
FamilieSon of William Leopold and Gertrude Eliza (nee Leaver) Williamson

Extra informatie

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Writer who wrote novels concerned with wildlife, English social history, ruralism and the First World War. Awarded the Hawthorden Prize for literature in 1928 for his book 'Tarka the Otter'.

Militaire gegevens

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Regiment / Eenheid208 Machine Gun Company, 62 (2 West Riding) Division (Jan. 1916) // 3 Bedfordshire Regiment (Sept. 1917)
Sterfdatum
Leeftijd81
Begraafplaats / GedenktekenGeorgeham, Devon

Andere informatie

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Managed to get access to the private home of the Coevoet family in 1927. One of Mr Coevoet’s daughters led him and his brother-in-law to the attic (former Upper Room). He described his visit in 'The Wet Flanders Plain' (1929). The Chapel also features in another book by Williamson, i.e. 'Love and the Loveless, A Soldier’s Tale'(1958).

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Source
Louagie, J., Talbot House in the interwar period - The Pilgrim's Way', p.82