William Spickett has no grave, his body was never recovered. It is suggested William was killed by shell fire with nine other men at his side and to recover any of the bodies from no mans land must have been an impossible task, it must have been a deadly job recovering the wounded.
Thousands of other soldiers were never recovered and also have no graves, so all over the world memorials have been erected to those who were killed in action in the first world war. William has his name carved in stone at the memorial in Arras.
The picture at the top of the page is of the memorial site. William Spickett has his name in bay six. You can click the picture to see a larger version.
The memorial has the names of almost 35,000 casualties who died between Spring 1916 and 7th August 1918. It can be found only 2 kilometres west of the railway station at Arras in france.
