HANDLEY, William, Pte.

HANDLEY, William, 7760, Private.

2^nd/5^th Battalion, Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire) Regiment.

He was born in Darlaston

He enlisted at Darlaston

He landed in France on the 22^nd August 1914.

He died on the 15^th September 1914.

William has no known grave and is remembered on the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.

The La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial commemorates 3,740 officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) who fell at the battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne and the Aisne between the end of August and early October 1914 and have no known graves

From his Medal Roll Index Card

we see that William was entitled to the 1914 Star with Clasp, War Medal and Victory Medal.