Remembrance

We will remember them.

Private William Charles Pottinger. b. 1889  d.  1915.

William was born in Exmouth and later moved to Tipton st John where he became a farm labourer. He lived in Metcombe with his father Charles.
In 1914 he joined the 1st /4th battalion of the Devonshire Regiment and was sent to Mesopatamia (Iraq), where the British forces were protecting the oilfields near Basra. Britain relied heavily on oil to keep its dominant navy at sea. William died of his wounds on the 30th September 1915. He was 27 years old.
He is remembered on his grandfather and fathers grave in Tipton churchyard. His parents lost 9 of their 13 children, William was the 10th child that they mourned....

We will remember you William.