Name
Position on Roll
Rank
Service Number
Unit
Place of birth
Date of birth
Enlisted
Place of death
Date of death
Age at death
Where buried
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Calderley, William Shepherd
C2-05
Private
12882
6th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Bolton, Lancashire
1896
August 1914
Gallipoli, Turkey
9 August 1915
19
Not Known - listed on Helles Memorial, Turkey
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Mr. and Mrs. Calderley, 4 Osborne-grove, Bolton, have been informed that their son, Pte. WILIAM CALDERLEY, L.N.L. Regt., who had been missing in Gallipoli since Aug. 9th, 1915, is now presumed to have died on that date. Aged 20 he was employed at Messrs. Murton’s bleachworks, Astley Bridge, before enlisting in the month War broke out. His name is on the Roll of Honour at Oxford-grove Council School and Park-st. Wesleyan Church.
Brother of Pte Robert Calderley.
William's cousin, Joseph Calderley, was killed at Gallipoli on the same day, 9 August 1915.
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