In Memory Of

WALLACE, WILLIAM EDWIN

Service Details
Age:
 40
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 254th Tunnelling Coy.
Regiment:
 Royal Engineers
Date of Death:
 1917-07-31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Ypres
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II. G. 40.
Cemetery:
 POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
Additional Information
Son of Robert Wallace, Capt. (retired) Northants Regt. and the late Elizabeth Wallace, of Twywell, nr. Thrapston, Northants. There is a window in Twywell Church to his memory. An experienced Civil Engineer, he came from Rhodesia to offer his services.