Family :

Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

Although many perished in times of national conflict and in the service of their country, many more survived including those interned as Prisoners of War. Stories of those who did survive are included as part of this site, especially those with high gallantry awards, those included against an external rolls of honour and those who had a distinguished career in wartime and military leaderhip.

Detail :

Although he survived the Great War and went on to be a "Sheep Inspector" he re-enlisted during WW2 and he died on active service.

According to the South Africa War Graves Project, he is commemorated at his grave: Sec.2B. Grave 294. EAST LONDON (EAST BANK) CEMETERY , Eastern Cape South Africa

Masonic :

Junior Warden
Initiated under the Dutch Constitution.
The records at United Grand Lodge for Unitas Lodge show that Willem did War Service, but resigned 28th April 1920, but within a few months had joined Evening Star Lodge No. 2828, Burghersdorp on 3rd June 1920.

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• The (UK) National Archives
• Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
• ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

• Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
• Researcher : Bruce Littley