Service No: F/936 Age: 27 Regiment/Service: Middlesex Regiment, 17th Bn.
Son of Mrs. A. F. Gerrish, of 499, Stapleton Rd., Bristol, and the late W. C. Gerrish.
Private William Webber Gerrish had a brief spell at Deepdale in 1912 playing in three league matches before moving on to Chesterfield where a broken leg ended his career. In February 1915 he joined Duke of Cambridge's Own Regiment. He was critically wounded by a shell blast and died at the Somme in August 1916. From Preston North End's footballers killed in the First World War remembered. From Lancashire Evening Post. Dated 8th Nov 2020.
Son of Mrs. A. F. Gerrish, of 499, Stapleton Rd., Bristol, and the late W. C. Gerrish.
Private William Webber Gerrish had a brief spell at Deepdale in 1912 playing in three league matches before moving on to Chesterfield where a broken leg ended his career. In February 1915 he joined Duke of Cambridge's Own Regiment. He was critically wounded by a shell blast and died at the Somme in August 1916. From Preston North End's footballers killed in the First World War remembered. From Lancashire Evening Post. Dated 8th Nov 2020.
Service No: F/936 Age: 27 Regiment/Service: Middlesex Regiment, 17th Bn.
Son of Mrs. A. F. Gerrish, of 499, Stapleton Rd., Bristol, and the late W. C. Gerrish.
Private William Webber Gerrish had a brief spell at Deepdale in 1912 playing in three league matches before moving on to Chesterfield where a broken leg ended his career. In February 1915 he joined Duke of Cambridge's Own Regiment. He was critically wounded by a shell blast and died at the Somme in August 1916. From Preston North End's footballers killed in the First World War remembered. From Lancashire Evening Post. Dated 8th Nov 2020.
Son of Mrs. A. F. Gerrish, of 499, Stapleton Rd., Bristol, and the late W. C. Gerrish.
Private William Webber Gerrish had a brief spell at Deepdale in 1912 playing in three league matches before moving on to Chesterfield where a broken leg ended his career. In February 1915 he joined Duke of Cambridge's Own Regiment. He was critically wounded by a shell blast and died at the Somme in August 1916. From Preston North End's footballers killed in the First World War remembered. From Lancashire Evening Post. Dated 8th Nov 2020.
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