Weaver William Herbert Edward Driver 2110747
Personnel Entry
Name Weaver William Herbert Edward
Army number 2110747.
Rank Driver.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Born 1915/16 - details not yet available.
Age (At time of death) 29.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Engineers. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy. DIED of WOUNDS 12/9/1944.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS 12/9/1944. Interred initially in Re-buried in Grave III. B. 8. La Deliverande War Cemetery, Douvres. Headstone inscription reads "HE NOBLY ANSWERED DUTY'S CALL, HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ONE AND ALL".
Home address Son of Edward and Rose Emma Weaver, of Sheffield; husband of Winifred Weaver, of Sheffield. Married Winifred Daniels in Sheffield in October 1935.
Source table
Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
Thanks are due to the Find A Grave Website for access to the photo of Driver Weaver's headstone.
