Rushden Research Group: obituary Pte W H Wagstaff 1916 HF

Private William Henry Wagstaff

S/10101 1st Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Son of Mrs Caroline Wagstaff

Died 13th October 1915

Aged 26 years

Commemorated on the Loos Memorial
Panel 78 to 83.

Rushden Echo, 6th October 1916, transcribed by Kay Collins

Higham Ferrers Soldiers - Missing for Twelve Months
Ptes. E Draper and W H Wagstaff - Now Listed as Killed
Private E Draper, 18363, C Co., 7th Northamptonshire regiment, who has been missing since the Battle of Loos, Sept. 26th, 1915, is now officially presumed to have died about that date, no further news having been received. Pte. Draper’s wife (Mrs E Draper, of 22, Westfields, Higham Ferrers), and his father and mother (Mr and Mrs C Draper, of the same address), have been extremely anxious to receive news of him.

Mr and Mrs S Wagstaff, of 24, Westfield-street, Higham Ferrers, have received official news that their only son, Pte. W H Wagstaff (Black Watch) was killed on October 13th, 1915, during the British attack on the Hohenzollen Redout. He had been posted “missing” since that battle. He was formerly employed by Mr A E Wright, of Higham Ferrers. He enlisted in May, 1915, and went to the front three months afterwards.

Rushden Echo, 11^th October 1918

WAGSTAFF – In affectionate memory of our Dear Son and Brother, Pte. W. H. Wagstaff, 1^st Black Watch, who was killed in France, Oct. 13^th, 1915, in the Battle of Hohenzollern Redoubt, aged 26 years.

Not dead to those that loved him;
Not lost, but gone before;
He lives with us in Memory,
And will for evermore.

Friends may think that we forget him,
Though at times we’re apt to smile;
Little think they grief is hidden
‘Neath the surface all the while.

From his devoted Father, Mother, and Sisters, 24, Westfields, Higham Ferrers.

Higham Ferrers War Memorial

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