The Wild Family - Sheffield and Hathersage
The following is from the excellent Hathersage Royal British Legion website which is dedicated to remembering those persons who served their country in the Great War. One of the entries on the site is for a William Wild and this is a brief summary of his life and achievements,
"William joined up in 1916. 8984 Pte. 28 County of London Bn London Regiment, (this was the prestigious Artists Rifles Company). By April 1917 he is 2/Lt in the R.F.C. April 1918 promoted to full Lt., in the R.A.F. He was awarded the CROIX DE GUERRE with Palme by the French in Nov 1918. b 15/8/1898 at ‘Hanging Cote’, Hathersage Booths. Son of Arthur Wild & Mary Elizabeth Cotterill. (His father was listed as a Brass Founder, Quarry Owner & Supplier of Fire Resistant goods. His company was William Wild & Sons Ltd. Brass Founders & Refractory Material Merchants of Sheffield & Holyhead). The family subsequently moved to Hawthorne Dene, Hathersage. William was educated at Holmleigh Preparatory School Hathersage, Buxton, and later Repton, until March 1915. 1919 Voters register address; Hawthorndene, Hathersage".
The following newspaper report appeared in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph dated 15th September 1924
The following newspaper report appeared in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph dated 16th September 1924 and was a report of the inquest into the death of William
The Coroner returned a verdict of suicide while suffering from depression. I concur with the Hathersage British Legion site when it states that "These days this would be considered classic case of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and surely a strong argument for William being a classed as a war casualty?
But nearly six years later. this report appeared in the local Derbyshire Press dated 8th July 1930
Sources
Sheffield Indexers
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