Wilfred Biddall

1898 - 1918  (20 years)

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• Name	Wilfred Biddall
  Relationship	with George William Craxford
  Born	1 Feb 1898	Corby, Northamptonshire
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1913	Bedell Settlement, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada
  Physical Description	2 May 1916
  	Height 5ft 5¼ins; Fair complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair
  Military Service	1918	France
  	Driver 335917 Canadian Field Artillery 6th Brigade
  Died	3 Sep 1918	Pas de Calais, France
  Commemoration	1919	Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Pas de Calais, France
  	Plot VII C 35
  Person ID	I19608	Extended Craxford Family
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	George Biddall Freeman,   b. 1873, Scotland ,   d. 25 Jan 1956, Blackpool, Lancashire  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Matilda Pollard,   b. 1872, Gretton, Northamptonshire ,   d. 16 Feb 1931, Towers Hospital, Gypsy Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire  (Age 59 years)
  Married	2 Sep 1896	Register Office, Leicester, Leicestershire   [1]
  BMD Certificates		MC: Pollard, Matilda (1896) and George Biddall Little is known of George Biddall except that he was in the Leicestershire Regiment and had spent some time at the Industrial School, Desford
  Family ID	F11215	Group Sheet,  Family chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1 Feb 1898 - Corby, Northamptonshire Military Service - Driver 335917 Canadian Field Artillery 6th Brigade - 1918 - France  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		William's Attestation Form William signed up for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in 1916
  		The Canadian Book of Remembrance This is page 366 from the First World War Book
  		Military Will As with all enlisted soldiers, men were encouraged to write a simple will before embarking on service. This will confirms that William left his effects to his (half) sister Elizabeth (Pollard) Beddell
  		The British War Medal; The Victory Medal Left: The British War Medal (silver, 1.42 inches in diameter) was instituted to record the successful conclusion of the First World War, but it was extended to cover the period 1919 - 20 and service in mine clearing at sea as well as participation in operations in North and South Russia, the Eastern Baltic, Siberia, the Black Sea and Caspian. The reverse shows a horseman (St. George, naked), armed with a short sword (an allegory of the physical and mental strength which achieves victory over Prussianism). The horse tramples on the Prussian shield and the skull and cross-bones. Just off-centre, near the right upper rim, is the sun of Victory. The dates 1914 and 1918 appear in the left and right fields respectively. Right: The Victory Medal was awarded to all ranks of the fighting forces, to civilians under contract, and others employed with military hospitals who actually served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war between 05 August 1914 and 11 November 1918 (inclusive). It was also awarded to members of the British Naval mission to Russia 1919 - 1920 and for mine clearance in the North Sea between 11 November 1918 and 30 November 1919. This medal was never issued alone, it was issued to those that already had the 1914 or 1914 - 15 Stars and most of those who had the British War Medal. It is often known as the Allied War Medal because the same basic design and double rainbow ribbon were adopted by thirteen other Allied nations. Text and photograph courtesy of Sarah Jane Medals, website now retired.

  
  

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  WG: Bedell, William Born Wilfred (or William) Biddall (the son of George Biddall and Matilda Pollard, he was transported to Canada in 1912 where he became known as Bedell and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Note the wrong spelling of his name Plot: VII C 35

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Leicester 7a 517 (JAS 1896) (Reliability: 3).