Completed William Corbett
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 6:03 pm
Private 3775 William Corbett
1896 - 3/5/1916 (19)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... tt-william
Dob abt 1896 Tipton
CORBETT William H
1896 Tipton
Sandwell Register Office TIP/147/426
Baptism 25/2/1897
Staffordshire Place Bradley (Bilston)
Church name Hill Street Methodist
Register type Other Transcript
Register entry number 1099
Birth date 6 Feb 1897
Baptism date 25 Feb 1897
Person forename William
Person sex M
Father forename William
Mother forename Maria
Father surname CORBETT
Person abode Hill Street
Notes Only day and month of birth date given on transcription – year of birth date has been assumed to give latest possible birth date before baptism date
Parents Willliam Corbett & Maria Gill
Parents Marriage 6/3/1887 St John Kates Hill Dudley
Worcestershire Dudley
Church name St John (Kates Hill)
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 70
Marriage date 06 Mar 1887
Groom forename William
Groom surname CORBETT
Groom age 25
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Galvanizer
Groom abode Kates Hill
Bride forename Maria
Bride surname GILL
Bride age 20
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Earl Street Kates Hilll Dudley
Groom father forename Richard
Groom father surname CORBETT
Groom father occupation Lime Burner
Bride father forename Joseph
Bride father surname GILL
Bride father occupation Ironworker
Witness 1 Samuel CORBETT
Witness 2 Mary GILL
William Corbett
Maria Gill
Registration Year1887
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6c Page 32
1901 1 Byrom Street, Stalybridge, Cheshire.
William Corbett (40, Galvaniser, born Tipton), his wife Maria (34, born Dudley), and their 5 children: Maria L. (13, Cotton Weaver, born Dudley), Arthur J. (9, born Dudley), Alice F. (6, born Dudley), William (4, born Bilston) and Samuel (1, born Stalybridge).
1911 14 Bayley Street, Stalybridge, Cheshire.
William Corbett (50, Galvaniser, born Dudley Port, Tipton), his wife Maria (43, born Dudley), and their 7 surviving children of 7: Maria Louisa (23, Cotton Operative, born Kates Hill, Dudley), Arthur James (19, Cotton Operative, born Kates Hill, Dudley), Alice Florence (16, Cotton Operative, born Kates Hill, Dudley), William (14, Nail Maker - Machine Feeder, born Bradley, Bilston), Samuel (11, School, born Stalybridge), Clara (8, School, born Stalybridge) and Ethel (5, School, born Stalybridge).
WW1 Records
Private 3775 William Corbett
Killed in Action on Wednesday, 3rd May 1916, age 19.
Buried in Grave III. Q. 16. at Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas De Calais, France.
6th Bn., Cheshire Regiment. 118th Brigade of 39th Division.
Son of Mr William and Mrs Maria Corbett, of 15 Quay Street, Stalybridge, Cheshire.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Stalybridge, Resident: Stalybridge, Cheshire.
Soldier’s Papers at National Archives did not survive.
UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
William Corbett
Birth Place Tipton, Staffs
Death Date 3 May 1916
Death Place France and Flanders
Enlistment Place Stalybridge, Ches.
Rank Private
Regiment Cheshire Regiment
Battalion 1st 6th Battalion
Regimental Number 3775
Type of Casualty Killed in action
Theatre of War Western European Theatre
Dod 3/5/1916 (19)
Burial
Buried in Grave III. Q. 16. at Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas De Calais, France.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/194615/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/563 ... am-corbett
Commemorated
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial, Commemorated on the Stalybridge War Memorial.
Any other info
William was born in Tipton, hence his entry on this Tipton web-site. Both the 1901 and 1911 Census Returns show him born Bradley/Bilston. By the age of 3, the family had moved to Stalybridge where they still lived at the time of William's death.
Private William Corbett, a nineteen-year-old from Stalybridge. He worked as a nail maker at Summers Ironworks before enlisting in January 1915. The young soldier had only arrived in France on 12 March (1916).
Newspaper Reports
The Stalybridge Reporter, Saturday, May 20 1916.
ROLL OF HONOUR
CORBETT. Private William Corbett, 6th Cheshire Regiment, 32 Bayley Street, Stalybridge; killed in action, May 3rd, aged 19 years.
The Stalybridge Reporter, Saturday, May 27 1916.
PRIVATE W. CORBETT.
In a very sympathetic letter from the chaplain, Mr W. Corbett and family, of Quay Street, and formerly of 32 Bayley Street, Stalybridge, have been notified of the death of Private William Corbett, of the Stalybridge Territorials.
Private Corbett was only 19 years of age last February, and prior to joining the army was employed at Messrs. Summers ironworks. He enlisted in January 1915, and only went to the front on March 12th, 1916.
His Captain at Oswestry, where he was in training, has sent the following letter: “Please accept my deepest sympathy with you in the sad loss you have sustained in the death of your son. Your son was in my company all the time, and did his work well, and I am sure when he went to join the Cheshires out in ----- he still continued to do his best. Sincerely yours, F.W. Russell, Captain.”
1896 - 3/5/1916 (19)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... tt-william
Dob abt 1896 Tipton
CORBETT William H
1896 Tipton
Sandwell Register Office TIP/147/426
Baptism 25/2/1897
Staffordshire Place Bradley (Bilston)
Church name Hill Street Methodist
Register type Other Transcript
Register entry number 1099
Birth date 6 Feb 1897
Baptism date 25 Feb 1897
Person forename William
Person sex M
Father forename William
Mother forename Maria
Father surname CORBETT
Person abode Hill Street
Notes Only day and month of birth date given on transcription – year of birth date has been assumed to give latest possible birth date before baptism date
Parents Willliam Corbett & Maria Gill
Parents Marriage 6/3/1887 St John Kates Hill Dudley
Worcestershire Dudley
Church name St John (Kates Hill)
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 70
Marriage date 06 Mar 1887
Groom forename William
Groom surname CORBETT
Groom age 25
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Galvanizer
Groom abode Kates Hill
Bride forename Maria
Bride surname GILL
Bride age 20
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Earl Street Kates Hilll Dudley
Groom father forename Richard
Groom father surname CORBETT
Groom father occupation Lime Burner
Bride father forename Joseph
Bride father surname GILL
Bride father occupation Ironworker
Witness 1 Samuel CORBETT
Witness 2 Mary GILL
William Corbett
Maria Gill
Registration Year1887
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6c Page 32
1901 1 Byrom Street, Stalybridge, Cheshire.
William Corbett (40, Galvaniser, born Tipton), his wife Maria (34, born Dudley), and their 5 children: Maria L. (13, Cotton Weaver, born Dudley), Arthur J. (9, born Dudley), Alice F. (6, born Dudley), William (4, born Bilston) and Samuel (1, born Stalybridge).
1911 14 Bayley Street, Stalybridge, Cheshire.
William Corbett (50, Galvaniser, born Dudley Port, Tipton), his wife Maria (43, born Dudley), and their 7 surviving children of 7: Maria Louisa (23, Cotton Operative, born Kates Hill, Dudley), Arthur James (19, Cotton Operative, born Kates Hill, Dudley), Alice Florence (16, Cotton Operative, born Kates Hill, Dudley), William (14, Nail Maker - Machine Feeder, born Bradley, Bilston), Samuel (11, School, born Stalybridge), Clara (8, School, born Stalybridge) and Ethel (5, School, born Stalybridge).
WW1 Records
Private 3775 William Corbett
Killed in Action on Wednesday, 3rd May 1916, age 19.
Buried in Grave III. Q. 16. at Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas De Calais, France.
6th Bn., Cheshire Regiment. 118th Brigade of 39th Division.
Son of Mr William and Mrs Maria Corbett, of 15 Quay Street, Stalybridge, Cheshire.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Stalybridge, Resident: Stalybridge, Cheshire.
Soldier’s Papers at National Archives did not survive.
UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
William Corbett
Birth Place Tipton, Staffs
Death Date 3 May 1916
Death Place France and Flanders
Enlistment Place Stalybridge, Ches.
Rank Private
Regiment Cheshire Regiment
Battalion 1st 6th Battalion
Regimental Number 3775
Type of Casualty Killed in action
Theatre of War Western European Theatre
Dod 3/5/1916 (19)
Burial
Buried in Grave III. Q. 16. at Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas De Calais, France.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/194615/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/563 ... am-corbett
Commemorated
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial, Commemorated on the Stalybridge War Memorial.
Any other info
William was born in Tipton, hence his entry on this Tipton web-site. Both the 1901 and 1911 Census Returns show him born Bradley/Bilston. By the age of 3, the family had moved to Stalybridge where they still lived at the time of William's death.
Private William Corbett, a nineteen-year-old from Stalybridge. He worked as a nail maker at Summers Ironworks before enlisting in January 1915. The young soldier had only arrived in France on 12 March (1916).
Newspaper Reports
The Stalybridge Reporter, Saturday, May 20 1916.
ROLL OF HONOUR
CORBETT. Private William Corbett, 6th Cheshire Regiment, 32 Bayley Street, Stalybridge; killed in action, May 3rd, aged 19 years.
The Stalybridge Reporter, Saturday, May 27 1916.
PRIVATE W. CORBETT.
In a very sympathetic letter from the chaplain, Mr W. Corbett and family, of Quay Street, and formerly of 32 Bayley Street, Stalybridge, have been notified of the death of Private William Corbett, of the Stalybridge Territorials.
Private Corbett was only 19 years of age last February, and prior to joining the army was employed at Messrs. Summers ironworks. He enlisted in January 1915, and only went to the front on March 12th, 1916.
His Captain at Oswestry, where he was in training, has sent the following letter: “Please accept my deepest sympathy with you in the sad loss you have sustained in the death of your son. Your son was in my company all the time, and did his work well, and I am sure when he went to join the Cheshires out in ----- he still continued to do his best. Sincerely yours, F.W. Russell, Captain.”
