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WILLIAM CAMERON 1884 – 1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1884

Birth Location: Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 5 Dec 1917

Death Location: France and Flanders

Father: JOHN CAMERON

Mother: Mary Cartwright

Spouse(s): Ellen Stretton

Children(s): SYDNEY CAMERON, FRANCIS CAMERON, JOHN CAMERON

WILLIAM CAMERON was born in 1884 in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, the child of JOHN CAMERON and Mary Cartwright. WILLIAM CAMERON later married Ellen Mary Stretton, and together they raised children including SYDNEY WALTER CAMERON, FRANCIS JOHN CAMERON and JOHN CAMERON. In 1917, WILLIAM CAMERON passed away in France and Flanders.

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Parents

JOHN CAMERON
1859 – 1929
Birth Location: Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
JC
Mary Cartwright
1859 –
Birth Location: Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
MC

Spouses(s)

Ellen Stretton
1881 –
Birth Location: Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
ES

Children(s)

SYDNEY CAMERON
1903 –
Birth Location: Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
SC
FRANCIS CAMERON
1905 – 1981
Birth Location: Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
FC
JOHN CAMERON
1910 – 1935
Birth Location: Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
JC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1884
    Event Place: Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: 1901 England Census, British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920, UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, The National Archives; London, England, UK; War Office: Soldiers' Documents, First World War Wo363, Class: RG13; Piece: 2646; Folio: 19; Page: 30

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1914
    Record Source: British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 5 Dec 1917
    Event Place: France and Flanders
    Record Source: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 1917
    Event Place: Ribécourt, British Cemetery, Ribécourt-la-Tour, France

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