William Nathan

Second Lieutenant William Sylvester Nathan was an English officer of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born in 1897, in Edmonton, the son of Major (later Colonel) Frederic Lewis and Adeline Edith Nathan (née Sichel), both of London. His uncle, Matthew Nathan, was also an army officer and, in his capacity as under-secretary for Ireland, supported British efforts during the 1916 Easter Rising. Nathan was educated at Cottesmore School and Clifton College, but abandoned his studies in November 1914 to enlist as a private in the Royal Naval Division.The Times (41511), Col E, p. 9: "Fallen Officers". 22 June 1917.
With the Hawke Battalion, Nathan served in the Gallipoli Campaign from May 1915 until September, when dysentery necessitated his hospitalisation in England. After recovering, Nathan secured a discharge from the navy so as to obtain a commission in the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). He arrived on the Western Front in May 1916 and, on a number of occasions, served as the aide-de-camp to his battalion's divisional commander. Nathan died on 14 June 1917, in an evening attack on Battle Wood, The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War, pp. 179- while serving as an intelligence officer on attachment to the 12th Royal Fusiliers.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Menin Gate Memorial.
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*Nathan, William Sylvester, cwgc.org. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
Category:1897 births
Category:1917 deaths
Category:British military personnel
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Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Menin Gate Memorial
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