William Edward Entwistle enlisted in Blackburn with the A Company 1/4th battalion ( T F ), East Lancashire regiment.

Served first in Egypt, and then was moved with his battalion to Gallipoli, landing in may 1915.

On the night of 28th November 1915, at fusilliers bluff, during the 3 days of the great blizzard he was shot in the head while on sentry duty. He was transferred for medical treatment but died the next day, 29th November 1915.  He was buried, but after the war his remains were dug up and reburied at 12 Tree Copse War graves cemetry. His remains could not be identified from others in a communal grave, so he was reburied in a communal grave, with his comrades in special memorial C,

He was the brother of my father and would have been my uncle had he lived.

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richard Entwistle