Able Seaman W. C. Williams V. C., certificate of service in the Royal Navy (front view) [image 1 of 2]

Able Seaman W. C. Williams V. C., certificate of service in the Royal Navy (front view) [image 1 of 2] William Charles Williams joined the Boys Service in Portsmouth in 1895. He was promoted to the boys' first class in 1896, Seaman in 1898 and Able Seaman in 1901. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in 1910 and was called to serve in the war in August 1914. During his career, he served on eighteen different ships, more than once on some. Williams died at Gallipoli in 1915 performing an act of bravery. He was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously.


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