Original grave of William Webster Throckmorton in France
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Name/Title
Grave of William Webster Throckmorton in France
Entry/Object ID
2007.1.4
Description
Grave of William Webster Throckmorton in France. William was wounded in battle on 29 July 1918 during World War I. While hospitalized to recover he became a victim of the flu epidemic, leading to pneumonia. He died 18 September 1918 just before being sent home. Following the end of the war, William's temporary grave in Europe was vacated and he was returned to Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, for interment in the family mausoleum at Oakmont Cemetery on 8 October 1920.
Original, candid.
Collection
William Alfred Throckmorton Sr. Collection
Acquisition
Accession
2007.1
Acquisition Method
Digital
Credit Line
William Alfred Throckmorton Sr.
Made/Created
Date made
1918
Lexicon
Search Terms
Cemeteries--Tombstones, Military, Rain Day Boys, Throckmorton family, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th. Regiment, 110th. Company K., Veterans--World War I
Throckmorton-Watson Series - William Alfred Throckmorton Collection
Notes
The Throckmorton-Watson Series photographs were passed from Robert Lawrence Throckmorton, Sr. [1889-1964] and his wife, Ella May Watson [1893-1988], to their son William Alfred Throckmorton who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2007.
Source Citation: Grave of William Webster Throckmorton in France; item no. THRO_AN001_0001B, William Alfred Throckmorton Sr. Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).
