William Adamson's Story.
Birkenhead News 15 September 1917KILLED in ACTION.
Private W. A Maben, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, was killed in a charge in France in August 22nd. Private Maben was well-known in Bebington, having for some years occupied a position in the statistical (export) department of Messrs. Lever Bros., Port Sunlight. For the past five years he had been accountant and cashier with Messrs. J. and J. Hopkinson, piano manufacturers, London. He attested under the Derby scheme, and when called up he had the option of joining a non-combatant unit, but being classed as A 1 he felt it his duty to enter the fighting ranks. He joined the Herefordshire Regt., and after his training was completed was transferred to the Shropshire Light Infantry. He left this country for France on July 22, and was killed exactly one month later, after being five days in the trenches. He was 33 years of age, and leaves a widow, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walters, 14, Bromborough Road, Lower Bebington, and one son.
The above newspaper article reports William Maben being killed in a charge in France, however the attack in which was William was killed took place in Belgium. On the 22nd August 1917 his battalion mounted an attack on the German positions around Glencorse Wood, approximately four miles east of Ypres. William’s body was never found or identified, therefore, his name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
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