{"id":1641,"date":"2013-08-25T07:55:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T07:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/?page_id=1641"},"modified":"2025-01-23T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:38:08","slug":"william-sinclair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/william-sinclair\/","title":{"rendered":"William Sinclair"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1641\" data-postid=\"1641\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1641 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_38d942c tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_b3751ef first\">\n                    <!-- module box -->\n<div  class=\"module module-box tb_elou885 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <div class=\"module-box-content ui  tb_default_color\">\n                <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\"><p><strong>Name:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0William Sinclair<\/p>\n<p><strong>DoB:<\/strong>\u00a0September 29 1897<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regt:\u00a0<i>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>Private. London Regt. Manchester Regiment<\/p>\n<p><strong>DoD:\u00a0<\/strong>Missing, presumed killed in action, Sept. 11-12, 1917.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic Career<\/strong>: \u00a0C.C.. Minor Scholar, 1910. CGS 1910-13.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other:\u00a0<\/strong>Civil Service, boy clerk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biographical Information:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module box -->\n        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 tb_5ueq813 last\">\n                    <!-- module gallery -->\n<div  class=\"module gallery module-gallery tb_ui0j976 layout-slider  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n                <div class=\"themify_builder_slider_vertical tf_rel\">\n                <div class=\"tf_swiper-container tf_carousel themify_builder_slider tf_rel tf_overflow\"\n              data-lazy=\"1\"                data-pager=\"1\"\n                data-speed=\"2.4\"\n                data-slider_nav=\"1\"\n                data-wrapvar=\"1\"\n                data-height=\"variable\"\n                                    data-effect=\"scroll\"\n                                        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           <p>William Sinclair<\/p>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module gallery -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_d5d4048 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_4729dd1 first\">\n                    <!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_fc4e0ed \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   tb_default_color\">\n            <li class=\"builder-accordion-active\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-fc4e0ed-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-fc4e0ed-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"true\">\n                                                            Family Background:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-fc4e0ed-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-fc4e0ed-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"accordion-content tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_ob52538\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_jlgz538 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_uob5538   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>William was the son of William and Jane Sinclair of Lanarkshire, Scotland. His father was a railway clerk in the 1901 census and the family was living at Govan. \u00a0There were four children and William was the youngest. He had two older sisters, Jessie and Maggie, and an older brother John. By the 1911 census the family was living at 34 Thornton Road, Stanwix, Carlisle and William\u2019s father was described as a railway parcels agent. Brother John was now also a railway clerk and sister Margaret is described as a \u201cclerkess\u201d!<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-fc4e0ed-1\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-fc4e0ed-1-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Academic Record:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-fc4e0ed-1-content\" data-id=\"acc-fc4e0ed-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_6a60538\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_09u9538 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ttwy538   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Carlisle Grammar School 1910-13. On the cricket team 1913.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-fc4e0ed-2\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-fc4e0ed-2-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            War Service:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-fc4e0ed-2-content\" data-id=\"acc-fc4e0ed-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_zfhe538\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_9zpj538 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_jp6n538   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>William is recorded as having enlisted at Carlisle but it is unclear when. CWGC cites his death as occurring on \u00a0September 11 1917. As William is commemorated at the Tyne Cot Memorial, he was clearly involved in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0Battle of Ypres (later known as Passchendaele). John Hartley, writing about the activities of the Manchester Battalion on the \u00a0September 11 reported: \u201c<em>The History of 42nd Division has them attacking an enemy blockhouse<\/em>.\u201d And he included a quote from the divisional history. This is from Frederick Gibbon who wrote it in 1920 and, presumably, had access to the war diaries:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Private T M Howard, 9th Manchester, volunteered to bring in an officer who lay wounded about 40 yards from the blockhouse, from which severe machine gun and rifle fire was maintained. Howard reached the officer and carried him 200 yards over exposed ground illuminated by enemy flares<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Hartley added: \u201c<em>The attack had obviously failed<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>William was aged 19 when he died.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-fc4e0ed-3\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-fc4e0ed-3-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Battalion:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-fc4e0ed-3-content\" data-id=\"acc-fc4e0ed-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_dg1p539\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_ctui539 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_leew539   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>The CGS Register records William as belonging to the London Regiment; however he was killed while serving with1st\/9th Bn.,Manchester Regiment\u00a0 (51426), and the record on Findmypast says he was formerly of the Border Regiment (32674). The 1\/9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Battalion of the Manchester Regiment was in France from March 1917.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-fc4e0ed-4\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-fc4e0ed-4-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                                                            Sources:                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-fc4e0ed-4-content\" data-id=\"acc-fc4e0ed-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tb_gisy539\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column tb_l1jc539 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_urcm539   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carlisle School Memorial Register 1264-1924<\/p>\n<p>b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Census: \u00a01911 RG 14\/31339; 1901 Scotland RG 13\/644<\/p>\n<p>c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Hartley via The Great War Forum<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Information Name:\u00a0\u00a0William Sinclair DoB:\u00a0September 29 1897 Regt:\u00a0\u00a0Private. London Regt. Manchester Regiment DoD:\u00a0Missing, presumed killed in action, Sept. 11-12, 1917. Academic Career: \u00a0C.C.. Minor Scholar, 1910. CGS 1910-13. Other:\u00a0Civil Service, boy clerk. Biographical Information: Family Background: William was the son of William and Jane Sinclair of Lanarkshire, Scotland. 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