4312. Private William James Deedman

2nd. Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Transferred to 15th. Labour Corps, 162721. Private. Died at 3.40 am in North Evington War Hospital, Leicester, from Bronchial Pneumonia of the right lung on Tuesday 22nd. April 1919, aged 36.

To be buried from Home address at 2 Elm Cottage, Guildford Road, Ash, Surrey.

Buried in Ash Cemetery, Ash & Normandy, Surrey, England. Grave Reference: F.9-4.52. Son of Mrs. Mary Deedman of 2 Elm Cottage, Guildford Road, Ash, Surrey.

William’s mother, Mary paid 4s. 11d. for the following personal inscription to be carved on his Headstone:

“FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH”

A Separation Allowance of 11s. 7d. was paid to his Mother, Mary Deedman, and The Scroll of Honour was also sent to her, as were all of William’s articles of personal property.

William is also Commemorated on The Wyke and Normandy War Memorial, Hunts Hill Road, Guildford, Surrey, together with 34 other Parishioners who also Fell during The Great War.

TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF

THE INHABITANTS OF WYKE AND NORMANDY

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR

1914 -1919

“WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE”

Barry Jenkins