THIS year people around the world are marking the centenary of the start of the First World War and remembering the millions of brave men and women who died. But it was not just at the front-line where people lost their lives — many died due to the poor standard of living in the trenches, lack of nutrition, trench-foot and sleep deprivation. After an appeal in the Times earlier this year, asking for people to send in information on family members during the Great War, Tom Endacott from Okehampton sent these pictures of his uncle, who died from exhaustion in the trenches, nine months after his wedding day. Sergeant William Hooper Weekes, son of Thomas and Flora Jane Ball Weekes, of 4 Parklands, Okehampton, was with the 13th Convalescent Dept of the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was a highly regarded serviceman. He married Louisa Endacott on June 23, 1917, in Throwleigh. Sgt Weekes had joined up after the outbreak of war and for more than two years was working in a large base hospital in France. He had not been home for more than 18 months when he married Miss Endacott, of Clannaborogh Farm, Throwleigh. She was given away by her father Joseph Endacott and her brother Private William Endacott (Tom's father) who later married Sgt Weekes' sister Dora. After the couple married they enjoyed a honeymoon in Boscastle and Tintagel — quite a distance to travel for a honeymoon in 1917. After six days of wedded bliss, Sgt Weekes returned to war but unfortunately never came home. He died on Thursday, March 21, 1918, aged 31. His widow Louisa did re-marry but never forgot her first husband — she paid someone to tend to Sgt Weekes' grave at Tourgeville Military Cemetery, adjoining the town of Trouville in Normandy, France.