Family oral history has it that William lied about his age to join up and that he was 'blown to bits' in WW1. It also has it that his father...
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William Francis Jager
Private
Service No. 28945
Age 18
Died on 2 October 1918
Hampshire Regiment
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Son of William Jager, of 106, Carpenter's Rd., Lozells, Birmingham.
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I wish I had known you and had a chance to thank you for everything you gave to us who survive you.
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Have only just learned of William Jager's death. He was 18. Son of an 'enemy alien'. Died near Ypres a month before the end of the war.
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