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Horace Attwood Williams c. 1898 - 1916

Horace Attwood Williams of Rotherham, South Yorkshire County, England United Kingdom was born circa October 1898 in Staffordshire County, and died at age 18 years old on November 24, 1916 in Flanders Belgium. Horace Williams was buried at Faubourg D'amiens Cemetery Arras in France.

Horace Attwood Williams
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Rotherham, South Yorkshire County, England United Kingdom
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circa October 1898
Staffordshire County, England, United Kingdom
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November 24, 1916
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  • Introduction

    Horace Attwood Williams was born to John Williams (b. 1854) and Sarah Attwood (1860-1900), and had siblings Fanny Elizabeth (b. 1881), Sarah Myra (1882-1927), Elsie (1884-1972), James (born 1887), and Levi Williams born 1888. Private Williams fought in World War 1 and lost his life in Flanders during combat.
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    circa October 1898
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Both of Horace's parents were born in England. His father John was born in Sedgley and his mother Sarah in Wolverhampton both in Staffordshire England.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Born in Walsall Staffordshire England, Horace lived there until around 1910/1911 when he took residence with his family in Rotherham Yorkshire England.

  • Military Service

    Service number: 25197 Rank: Private Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (notts And Derby Regiment) Unit/ship/squadron: x Coy. 15th Bn.
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    November 24, 1916
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In 1898, in the year that Horace Attwood Williams was born, on March 24th, Robert Allison of Pennsylvania became the first person to buy an American-built car. He bought a Winton, which he had seen in an advertisement in Scientific American. The Winton, built in Ohio, was made by hand and came with a leather roof, padded seats, gas lamps, and tires made by B.F. Goodrich.
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In 1900, he was merely 2 years old when the German physicist Max Planck formulated an energy theory, postulating the existence of "quanta," which lays the groundwork for the quantum theory of modern physics. In December, he introduced a paper on the Planck postulate which stated that E=hv - the energy of a photon is proportional to its frequency times a constant. Planck won a Nobel Prize in 1918 for his work in theoretical Physics.
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Williams, Emily (Born Sep 29, 1914) Williams, Myrtle (Born Sep 10, 1889) Downing/williams, Fannie (Born Jul 28, 1869) Crooks, Elsie (Jul 18, 1895 - Nov 7, 1971) Semken, Rosemary (Nov 26, 1921 - Jul 16, 1994) Williams, Mary (Apr 20, 1862 - Nov 11, 1930) Williams, John (Born May 13, 1867) Williams, Alma Nee (Born Jun 21, 1900) Williams, June (Born Jun 9, 1923) Williams, Richard (Oct 11, 1897 - Jul 29, 1963)
Crow, Dora (Born Nov 1895) Williams, Bertha (Born Apr 21, 1921) Williams, Elizabeth (Born Sep 1839) Hulsey, Jessie (Feb 17, 1901 - Feb 22, 1920) Williams, Burl Edgar (Born Mar 16, 1871) Williams, Colbert (Apr 10, 1896 - Dec 1976) Williams, Cosby (Born Sep 17, 1898) Williams, Bonzie (Born 1901) Williams, Susan (Born Apr 23, 1875) Williams, Lucille (Born Feb 17, 1894)
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