W.+WAIN

Wain, William Wilkins, Private, 14258, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment Formerly 12087, Leicestershire Regiment Born Long Whatton, Leicestershire Enlisted Mansfield, Nottinghamshire Resided Long Whatton, Leicestershire Killed in action 1st July 1916 aged 20 Son of Thomas and Ellen Wain, of Malt Cottages, Long Whatton, Leicestershire Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

1911 Census A farm labourer A servant in the household of George Teasdale, a farmer, of Tonge Hall, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire