| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 15/3/17. Formerly Army Veterinary. No. 55373 (no mention on medal card). Died in Paris, Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929.. Inscription on gravestone: Thy will be done. He was born in Chaddeston, Enlisted and resided in Derby. Shown as died of wounds in Soldiers Died, shot by a deserter in Paris.
Info from Pension Index Cards:- SB36.APW, 7/APW/640. widow Webster, Ada, husband Webster, Bernard, MFP. P/7920, L/Cpl, born 1884, children 3. 30/7/20 widows pension £1-06-08, children £1-03-06, £1-06-08 + £1-07-04 cessation of children's allowance.
W.1. Case No. 150, 7/APW/640, Webster, Bernard, P/7920, MFP, L/Cpl, Webster, Ada, 150, 15 Spring Street, Derby, 7/7/19 £8 grant. Also;- 150. Webster, Ada, 15 Spring Street, Derby, P/7920, L/Cpl. B Webster, MFP.
Bernard Webster.
Bernard Webster.
See No. P/1096 Detective Corporal Joseph Coxon, MSM and clasp for details of his death.
Extract from the Derbyshire Advertiser & Journal, 28/2/1918.
Corporal Bernard Webster, Military Foot Police of 15 Spring Street, Derby and a former member of the Borough Police Force was shot dead in Paris whilst engaged in the arrest of two Empire soldier. |
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