William Douglas Francis Featherston b. 1895 Leicester, Leicestershire (Sep 1895 Leicester LEI 7a 247) d. 25 Aug 1917 France and Flanders: Featherstone One Name Study

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William Douglas Francis Featherston[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Male 1895 - 1917  (22 years)


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  • Name William Douglas Francis Featherston  [6] 
    Born 1895  Leicester, Leicestershire (Sep 1895 Leicester LEI 7a 247) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 28 May 1896  St Peter and St Paul, Warsop, Nottinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • son of Tom + Mary Ann Featherstone
    Name Douglas Featherstone  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Name William Douglas Francis Featherstone  [7, 8] 
    Residence 1901  1 Granby Avenue, North Evington, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • age 5; relationship to head: son
    Residence 1911  24 Moat Road, Leicester, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • age 15
    _MILT 1917  [2, 3, 7] 
    • Rank: Pte; Regiment: Leicestershire Regiment; Service Number: 242637.
    Died 25 Aug 1917  France and Flanders Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Notes 
    • birth registration index William Douglas Francis Featherston Sep 1895 Leicester LEI 7a 247
      mother's maiden surname Hollingworth

      Baptism solemnized in the Parish of Warsop in the County of Nottingham in the Year 1896
      May 28th William Douglas Francis son of Tom + Mary Ann Featherstone of Leicester shoe operator

      WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
      Other Ranks Died Fay A-Feline CH
      William Douglas Francis Featherstone Rank: Pte Record Type: Card Service Number: 242637. Corps, Regiment or Unit: Leicestershire Regiment
      Next of Kin: Name Relation to Soldier William Douglas Francis Featherstone Mary Ann Featherstone. Parents (Parent)

      UK Soldiers died in the Great War
      Douglas Featherstone Birth Place: Leicester Death Date: 25 Aug 1917 Death Place: France and Flanders Enlistment Place: Leicester Rank: Private: Leicestershire Regiment Battalion: 1st 5th Battalion Regimental Number: 242637
      Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

      Army Registers of Soldier's Effects
      Douglas Featherstone 1/5th Bn Leicester Pte 242637 death 25.8.17 in action mo sole leg Mary A
    Person ID I372421953073  Southern England
    Last Modified 14 May 2024 

    Father Tom Featherston,   b. 01 Mar 1872, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (Mar 1872 Mansfield NTT 7b 87) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1945, Leicester, Leicestershire (Jun 1945 Leicester LEI 7a 164) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Hollingworth,   b. 14 Dec 1871, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (Mar 1872 Mansfield NTT 7b 78) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1963, Dec 1963 Leicester LEI 3a 589 Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 1894  Jun 1894 Leicester LEI 7a 357 Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F1474  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Aug 1917 - France and Flanders Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1435192704] 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2005;), Class: RG13; Piece: 2999; Folio: 34; Page: 11.
      Record for Tom Featherstone

    2. [S1435192731] British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2008;), Army Medal Office (In the Care of the Western Front Association Website); London, England; Wwi Medal Index Cards.
      Record for Douglas Featherstone

    3. [S1435192742] UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, Military-Genealogy.com, comp, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2008;).
      Record for Douglas Featherstone

    4. [S1435192743] UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2014;), National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 538001-539500; Reference: 311.
      Record for Douglas Featherstone

    5. [S1435192793] 1911 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2011;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911.
      Record for Douglas Featherstone

    6. [S1435192990] England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2006;).
      Record for William Douglas F Featherston

    7. [S1435193166] UK, WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, United States of America; Date: 2018;), Western Front Association; London, England; WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers; Reference: 069/0314/FAY-FEL.
      Record for William Douglas Francis Featherstone

    8. [S1435193446] Nottinghamshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), Nottinghamshire Archives; Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; PR6441; Reference: PR6441.
      Record for William Douglas Francis Featherstone

    9. [S1435192790] England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2006;).
      Record for Tom Featherston


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Our Names

The spelling of the name Featherstone has varied over the centuries, with additions and subtractions. Here is the list that we have registered with the Guild Of One Named Studies.

Featherstone, Featherston, Fetherstone, Fetherston, Featherstonhalgh, Featherstonehaugh, Featherstonhaugh, Fetherstonehaugh, Fetherstonhaugh.

We have examples from the Birth, Marriage and Death indexes where people were registered at birth with the final 'e' missing and were married with the final 'e' in the surname. The 'haugh' is more difficult to prove, but people have suddenly adopted it for no apparent reason, although we have instances where people adopted the name, usually when money was involved.

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Some common falacies

Featherstonehaugh or it's many variations is not pronounced Fanshaw which is a name in it's own right