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In 1915 in Dover, William married
Amelia Hogben.
Right is Amelia in about 1934. |
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Amelia had two brothers. On the left
is George. |
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On the right is Frank, and in the
centre is William |
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William and
Amelia had four children. Their first was Ena Amelia,
born in 1917.
William
carried this picture of his little daughter with him
while serving during the Great War.
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Roy was born on 7 February 1927. |
Gladys was born in 1920. She is with her sister Ena
during WWII |
The youngest in the family, Raymond, was born in
1931. |
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William died in shelling at Chitty's
Mill in Dover on 13 September 1944. The shelling began
at 16.05 and continued until 3 the following morning.
Two shells hit the mill, already badly damaged from
previous attacks and inoperative.
Shelling in Dover was particularly
intense during this period, just before the enemy guns
were captured. Mr Champion was one of seven civilians
killed that day. Three servicepeople were also killed
and 17 people seriously injured. |
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| William's grave is on the left; he is
buried with a number of other civilian casualties from
the last days of shelling |
