Lance Corporal Wilfred Addicott

Army Number: 307294 (formerly 25409 Somerset Light Infantry)

Battalion: 2/8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He was born and enlisted at Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. Son of Wilfred and Annie Addicott, of 6 Churchill Road, Weston-Super-Mare. He was a grocer’s apprentice prior to enlisting at Weston-Super-Mare. He was killed in action on 7th April 1917 during the attack at Verguier, France.

Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10C, 10D and 11A

Lance Corporal Wilfred Addicott is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Grove Park War Memorial, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset.
St. John the Baptist Church Wart Memorial, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset.