Willie Naylor

Rifleman R/39492. 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. Formerly 31763. Garrison Battalion. Northamptonshire Regiment.

Born: 1889 in Atherton.

Son of Albert and Sophia Naylor.

Brother of Lily, Maude, Percy, Laura and Albert.

Address: 52 Car Lane, Slaithwaite. In 1911 at 11 Far Lowerwood Farm, Slaithwaite.

Occupation: Night Spinner at Pearson Bros. Victoria Mills, Golcar.

Enlisted: March 1916.

Died of wounds: 8th November 1917. Aged 28.

Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot 22. Row AA. Grave 26.

Willie was invalided home from the Front suffering from dysentery in September 1916. He returned to France in March 1917. He was then wounded in the right groin and abdomen and died of his wounds at No. 12 casualty Clearing Station that day. The cemetery is near the town of Ypres.

He attended Wellhouse Chapel. His name appears on the Roll of Honour at St. James Church, Slaithwaite, St. John's Church, Golcar and also Slaithwaite War Memorial.