William M Price likeness

William M Price cap badgePrivate William M Price

2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry
Service No: 30572

William M Price grave

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Personal details

Family Information

Son of Mary Price and Charles Price of Coatbridge. William's mother Mary remarried Joseph Cairns after the death of William's father. William's sister Mary inserted William's death notice in the Advertiser on the 22/12/1917. William made an undated Will leaving the whole of his property and effects to his sister. The 1901 Census - Address - 108 Whifflet St, Coatbridge - Joseph Cairns aged 28, Mary Cairns aged 24, Lizzy Cairns aged 4, Mary Price aged, William Price aged 6. William's Pension was awarded to his sister Mary on the 16/08/1918.

Born / Resided

Coatbridge / 36 Whifflet St, Coatbridge

Died

Died on the 09/12/1917 of peritonitis at the 45th Casualty Clearing Station in Achiet-le-Grand

Enlisted

Coatbridge 1916

Employed

Barman with Mrs McBreerty, Main St

Age

22

Buried / Remembered

Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (II. B. 18), France

Cemetery / Memorial Information

The EXTENSION contains 1,424 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 200 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to eight casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of ten casualties buried in other cemeteries whose graves could not be found. There are also 42 German war graves in the extension.

Additional Information

The Battalion arrived at Boulogne on the 14/08/1914 and were part of the 5th Brigade, 2nd Division. William died of peritonitis at the 45th Casualty Clearing Station in Achiet-le-Grand, France. The news of William's death reached home on his 23rd birthday. He was about to train for a Commission. He had visited home just 1 month before his death and after 15 months in the firing line. William's Battalion was involved in the capture of Bourlon Wood, 23rd - 28th November 1917 and the German counter attack, 30th November - 3rd December 1917. These Battles were part of the Cambrai operations, (Battle of Cambrai), 20th November - 30th December 1917 : A British attack, originally conceived as a very large scale raid, that employed new artillery techniques and massed tanks. Initially very successful with large gains of ground being made, but German reserves brought the advance to a halt. Ten days later, a counter-attack regained much of the ground. Ultimately a disappointing and costly outcome, but Cambrai is now seen by historians as the blueprint for the successful "Hundred Days" offensives of 1918. Grave photo donated by Mick McCann at the britishwargraves.co.uk. See photos for William's Medal Index Card, his Newspaper clipping, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects x 2, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report x 2, Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, William's Pension Records x 4 and the Highland Light Infantry Cap Badge. William's grave inscription reads "SWEET JESUS GRANT MY BELOVED BROTHER ETERNAL PEACE PRIEZ POUR LUI".

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