Have You a Tiger In Your Family?

Rank : Private

Army Number : 5208 1st Bn -12045 2nd Bn

Unit : 1st & 2nd Bn

Biography :

Enlisted in the Leicester Military District into the Leicestershire Regiment, 1898. Served in South Africa. Recipient of the Queen's South Africa medal with Transvaal and South Africa 1902 clasps.

Re-enlisted 27.8.1914 at Loughborough from the Special Reserve age 31 years 9 months. Served with the 2nd Bn during World War One. Disembarked France 15.12.1914. Killed in action France and Flanders campaign 13.3.1915. He is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

For more information visit: http://www.carillontower.org.uk/tigers

CWGC:

Rank: Private
Service No: 12045
Date of Death: 13/03/1915
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 11.
Memorial: LE TOURET MEMORIAL

Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Wareham, of 87, Rendell St, Loughborough, Leicestershire, and the late Edwin Wareham.

Brother of Arthur Wareham of the 9th Battalion killed-in-action 3.5.1917.

Date of Birth : 1883

Place of Birth : Hathern, Leicestershire

Date of Death : 13.3.1915

Place of Death : France

Civil Occupation : Wood machinist

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : South Africa / France and Flanders