Completed William Ewart Round
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2026 2:07 pm
Private 93 William Ewart Round
2/6/1886 - 7/4/1926 (29)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... liam-ewart
Dob 2/6/1886
William Ewart Round
Registration Date 1886
Quarter of the Year Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Place Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Volume 6c Page 32
Freereg
Baptism 29/6/1886
Staffordshire Tividale
Church name St Michael the Archangel
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 594
Birth date 02 Jun 1886
Baptism date 29 Jun 1886
Person forenameWilliam Ewart
Father forename Benjamin
Mother forename Edith Mary
Father surname ROUND
Person abode7 Bradley St
Father occupation Roll Turner
Notes The child's middle name is Hewitt in the register but Ewart in the GRO birth index.
Parents
Benjamin Round & Edith Mary Palmer
Parents Marriage 21/10/1883 St Michael Tividale
Benjamin Round
Marriage Age 25
Birth Date abt 1858
Residence Place Tividale
Father Joseph Round
Edith Mary Palmer
Marriage Age 23
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1860
Residence Place Tividale
Marriage Date 21 Oct 1883
Marriage Place Tividale, St Michael, Staffordshire, England
Father James Palmer
Religion Anglican
Page number 52
1901 Census
8 Bradley Street, Tipton, Staffs.
Benjamin Round (42, Iron Roller, born Sedgley), his wife Ethel Mary (40, born Wolverhampton), and their 8 children: Joseph F. (16, Carpenter's Apprentice, born Tipton), William E. (14, Moulder, born Tipton), Benjamin (12, born Tipton), Edgar (10, born Tipton), Edward (6, born Tipton), Samuel (4, born Tipton), Esther (2, born Tipton), and Alfred F. (1 month, born Tipton).
1910 United States Federal Census
Benjamin B Rounds & Family
1911 Census
No trace, so possibly emigrated to the USA as his family were certainly in Pittsburgh by the time William enlisted.
WW1 Records
Died Mesopotamia on Friday, 7th April 1916, age 29.
Buried in Grave XIV. H. 4. at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
'B' Company of 1st Bn., Manchester Regiment. 8th (Jullundur) Brigade of 3rd (Lahore) Division.
Formerly 93, 2nd Bn., Manchester Regiment.
Son of Benjamin and Edith M. Round, of 8, Brown's Place, Pittsburg, Pa., U.S.A. Born at Burnt Tree, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Burnt Tree, Enlisted: Worcester, Resident: Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 7/4/1916 (29) Prisoner of war
Burial
Buried in Grave XIV. H. 4. at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/635076/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129 ... wart-round
Commemorated
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial.
Any other info
On 13th July 1903, William enlisted with the 5th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment in Birmingham. This battalion was previously the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, and after the Haldane Reforms would become a Territorial Batalion; it was a volunteer unit, for home defence only.
For some reason his career with the Worcesters was short, as he is recorded as leaving just 7 days after enlistment. It is possible that he left the 5th Battalion to join the army as a full-time soldier; this is possible as at the outbreak of war he landed in France in September 1914 showing that he had relevant pre-war military experience. There is some evidence to support this as his entry on 'Soldiers Died in the Great War' states “Formerly 7879, Worcestershire Regiment”.
William is recorded as having 'Died' on 7th April, this generally means having died from non-military reasons, such as sickness or accident. William died as a Prisoner of War (source: Soldier's Effects) and is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, this is about 100 miles north-west of Kut, where he was taken prisoner
2/6/1886 - 7/4/1926 (29)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... liam-ewart
Dob 2/6/1886
William Ewart Round
Registration Date 1886
Quarter of the Year Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Place Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Volume 6c Page 32
Freereg
Baptism 29/6/1886
Staffordshire Tividale
Church name St Michael the Archangel
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 594
Birth date 02 Jun 1886
Baptism date 29 Jun 1886
Person forenameWilliam Ewart
Father forename Benjamin
Mother forename Edith Mary
Father surname ROUND
Person abode7 Bradley St
Father occupation Roll Turner
Notes The child's middle name is Hewitt in the register but Ewart in the GRO birth index.
Parents
Benjamin Round & Edith Mary Palmer
Parents Marriage 21/10/1883 St Michael Tividale
Benjamin Round
Marriage Age 25
Birth Date abt 1858
Residence Place Tividale
Father Joseph Round
Edith Mary Palmer
Marriage Age 23
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1860
Residence Place Tividale
Marriage Date 21 Oct 1883
Marriage Place Tividale, St Michael, Staffordshire, England
Father James Palmer
Religion Anglican
Page number 52
1901 Census
8 Bradley Street, Tipton, Staffs.
Benjamin Round (42, Iron Roller, born Sedgley), his wife Ethel Mary (40, born Wolverhampton), and their 8 children: Joseph F. (16, Carpenter's Apprentice, born Tipton), William E. (14, Moulder, born Tipton), Benjamin (12, born Tipton), Edgar (10, born Tipton), Edward (6, born Tipton), Samuel (4, born Tipton), Esther (2, born Tipton), and Alfred F. (1 month, born Tipton).
1910 United States Federal Census
Benjamin B Rounds & Family
1911 Census
No trace, so possibly emigrated to the USA as his family were certainly in Pittsburgh by the time William enlisted.
WW1 Records
Died Mesopotamia on Friday, 7th April 1916, age 29.
Buried in Grave XIV. H. 4. at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
'B' Company of 1st Bn., Manchester Regiment. 8th (Jullundur) Brigade of 3rd (Lahore) Division.
Formerly 93, 2nd Bn., Manchester Regiment.
Son of Benjamin and Edith M. Round, of 8, Brown's Place, Pittsburg, Pa., U.S.A. Born at Burnt Tree, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Burnt Tree, Enlisted: Worcester, Resident: Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 7/4/1916 (29) Prisoner of war
Burial
Buried in Grave XIV. H. 4. at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/635076/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129 ... wart-round
Commemorated
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial.
Any other info
On 13th July 1903, William enlisted with the 5th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment in Birmingham. This battalion was previously the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, and after the Haldane Reforms would become a Territorial Batalion; it was a volunteer unit, for home defence only.
For some reason his career with the Worcesters was short, as he is recorded as leaving just 7 days after enlistment. It is possible that he left the 5th Battalion to join the army as a full-time soldier; this is possible as at the outbreak of war he landed in France in September 1914 showing that he had relevant pre-war military experience. There is some evidence to support this as his entry on 'Soldiers Died in the Great War' states “Formerly 7879, Worcestershire Regiment”.
William is recorded as having 'Died' on 7th April, this generally means having died from non-military reasons, such as sickness or accident. William died as a Prisoner of War (source: Soldier's Effects) and is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, this is about 100 miles north-west of Kut, where he was taken prisoner
