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There's an article about him here from the Evening Gazette, Middlesbrough:

http://www.lindahome.co.uk/Quoits1/johnbuckwilliams.html

Update: OOPS! Just noticed the article is donated by you!!!

Hello, my gt gt uncle John 'Buck' Williams was, according to family legend, a war hero, and was mentioned in despatches. He joined up as a bugle boy in 1906 aged 14 (regiment not known), although I am unable to find his birth certificate, and his entry in the 1901.

I have found the family in 1891 in North Ormesby, Middlesbrough (father William Thomas Williams, mother Emma/Emily, sons John and Walter Louis). Whether my uncle Buck is the toddler John shown with the family in 1891, or a younger son born after the death of the elder, is not yet known.

From this, I have found from the Middlesbrough Electoral Register for 1918 the following:

John Williams, 3 Florence Street, 38597, Private, A.S.C.M.T

It is known that in later life (1940s/1950s) John lived in Florence Street, so I am hoping this is the same John Williams as my relation, who was living there in 1918.

So, is there anyway of validating the stories of this man, and to see what they were and if they were true.

Best wishes,

Peter