Company Quarter Master Sergeant William Pugh (17191)
5th Infantry Bn, Machine Gun Corps
Malvern Commemoration: Malvern Library
Burial/Commemoration: Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery
Nature of Death: Killed in action France 19/02/1918
Age: 32
Next of Kin: Adopted son of Sarah E. Pugh, of 67, Albert Rd., New Town, Ledbury, Herefordshire.
Previous Employment: Regular Soldier in the Worcestershire Regiment
His regimental number indicated that he served with the Worcestershire Regiment [1] as a pre-war regular solider before transferring to the MGC – and he is likely to have some connection with Samuel Wellsted Pugh [2], whose regimental number is nearly sequential (9385).
Many of those who served in the machine-gun sections of infantry battalions were transferred (without further training in UK) to newly formed brigade machine gun companies in May 1916. It is likely therefore that he was wounded and after recuperation was stationed near Grantham for training prior to being moved back to France.
He won the Military Medal [3] for bravery on the Somme [4] on 14th September 1916.
Mr B Waite 2007
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URLs in this post:
[1] Worcestershire Regiment: http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/
[2] Samuel Wellsted Pugh: http://www.malvernremembers.org.uk/ww1-profiles/samuel-wellsted-pugh
[3] Military Medal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Medal
[4] Somme: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme
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