June 1917

Gunner William Doherty Royal Field Artillery

William died of an unspecified illness at the Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich on 13th June. He was buried in Ewhurst churchyard and unusually his grave has a private memorial and not a CWGC headstone.

Originally from Dublin, in 1911 he was working as a butler at Woodlands and his wife Annie was the cook / housekeeper. He had joined up beginning of war as a gunner with the Royal Field Artillery.

They lived at Brook Cottage, Woodlands with their daughter Annie Florence. His wife Annie died 1963 and her ashes were put on his grave.