| Surname: | Walmsley |
| Initials: | W |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/11433 |
| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (2a) Balkans, amended to (2b) Gallipoli, 14/6/1915 to 6/5/1916 and (4) Mesopotamia, 3/3/1916. 3/9/1914 he enlisted as a Pte. 6 East Lancashire Regt. No. 6/12963, age 27 years, born Nelson Lancashire, occupation textile factory worker, address: 20 Branch Street, Nelson. Served Home 3/9/1914 to 13/6/1915, Med Exp Force 14/6/1915 to 4/8/1916, Mesopotamia 5/8/1917 to 26/4/1919, India 27/4/1919 to 25/9/1919, En Route 26/9/1919 to 16/10/1919, Home 17/10/1919 to 15/11/1919, 16/11/1919 to class Z reserve. 4/6/1910 he married Pollie Dachnan, spinster, at Burnley, they had 2 children, address: 18 Dufield Street, Nelson. Info from pension index cards: 3/MW/10191. Walmsley, William, MFP, P/11443, L/Cpl, 20 Branch Street, Nelson. Lancs. cancelled to 3/MW/9437, 18/11/20. Also:- 3/MW/9437. Walmsley, William, MFP, P/11433, L/Cpl, 20 Branch Street, Nelson, Lancs. Also:- Walmsley, William, MFP, P/11433, East Lancashire Regt, 15/11/19 to discharge, 3/MW/9437, BC.5489, PPS 22985 amalgamated and passed to group 5/1/21, 20 Branch Street, Nelson, Lancs, 7/1/21, Stamp: Ad - , at 12/- from 6/6/20 to 17/11/20, Chelsea no. 3/MW/9437, received 21/12/20. William Walmsley. |