Able Seaman WILLIAM CHARLES WILLIAMS
Service Number: 186774
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Navy
(RFR/PO/B/3766), H.M.S. "Hussar."
Date of Death
Died 25 April 1915
Age 34 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Victoria Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Son of the late William and Elizabeth Williams, of Chepstow, Mon.
- Additional Citation note
An extract from the London Gazette, No. 29264, dated 13th Aug., 1915, records the following:-"Held on to a line in the water for over an hour under heavy fire, until killed."
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