Soldier Details:
Surname: Willott
Initials:   J.W.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  P/2998
Notes:   MMP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 21/6/16. Joseph William Willott. Extract from the Staffordshire Advertiser 12 February 1916, CHIEF CONSTABLE'S REPORT. The undermentioned Constables had also applied for permission to join the Army and he had allowed them to go - viz. Police Constables Alexander Duncan, Stoke, Black Watch. Harry Fowler, Burslem, Royal Field Artillery. Lancelot Cooke, Joseph William Willott and Fred Blocksom, Fenton, the Military Mounted Police.