PAGETT, William Charles

William Charles Pagett was born at Wollaston, the son of William Pagett of Enville Street, Stourbridge. He enlisted in the Worcesters as a Territorial and joined the 2/7th Battalion. They crossed to France in the Spring of 1916 and were stationed in a quiet sector of Artois. However, even in such areas enemy artillery was active and Lance Corporal William Pagett was killed in action by shell-fire on the 4th July. He was 21 years of age and is buried at Laventie Military Cemetery (II B 13) and commemorated on the Stourbridge and St. Thomas's church Memorials and also on his parents' grave at Wollaston.