A Casualty 1914 Star to 3/7243 Pte W H Cleveland Dorset R / Born Isle of Wight

Correctly impressed - 3-7243 Pte W. H. Cleveland. Dorset: R

Condition GVF.

William Harold Cleveland was born in 1895 at Stoney Forze Shalfleet, Isle of Wight. At the time of the 1911 census, he was living at 5 The Avenue, Railway Terrace, Brockenhurst, Hants. Cleveland was an apprentice to a Blacksmith.

He enlisted at Poole, Dorset and joined the 3rd Bn of The Dorset Regiment. To France & Flanders on October 23rd 1914, he sadly died on January 26th 1917 with the 5^th Bn . He was laid to rest in Bois- Guillaume Communal Cemetery.

Lives of The First World War 1914 – 1918 state he died of wounds.