285 British Army officers and men died on this day, 4th November 1914, and amongst this number were 14 men of The King's (Liverpool Regiment). 8518 Private William Warren was killed in action whilst serving with the 1st Battalion. He was a Warrington man, born and bred, and, judging by his regimental number, enlisted there around August 1903. Assuming that he did not extend his period of colour service, he would have been a reservist in August 1914, recalled to the colours. He arrived overseas on the 12th August 1914.
The War Diary in WO 95/1359 has this to say for the day that William and 13 of his colleagues died:
In his book, British Battalions in France and Belgium 1914, Ray Westlake sums up the period thus: "Held positions under severe shell-fire and several infantry attacks".
William has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial in Ypres.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
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