13285 Pte William Mist, 9th Bn, Essex Regt

On the 9th April 1917, the opening day of the Battle of Arras, 4111 British Army officers and men lost their lives. The 9th Essex Regiment lost 41 men on that day, and Private William Mist of Sidcup in Kent was one of those men. He was living in Chertsey and living in London when he enlisted. His number dates to early September 1914 and his medal card - which gives the 11th Battalion - indicates that he had arrived overseas on the 30th August 1915.

William is buried in Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery at Wancourt in France. Wancourt was captured on the 12th April 1917 after heavy fighting.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission