His Regiment, part of the 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division, was deployed to the Western Front in December 1915, and took part in the Battle of the Somme, which began on 1 July 1916. The 38th Division was brought into action, when it relieved the 7th Division on 5 July to the south of Mametz Wood. On 7 July, the 38th attacked German positions in Mametz Wood. Williams was leading his men in the attack when he was wounded. He was evacuated but eventually died of his wounds on 12 July at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station in Corbie. He is buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, near Amiens, France. He was married to Mabel. Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament  The women's tournament in volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium from 9 to 23 August 2008. The twelve competing teams were split equally into two pools of six teams. Each team played all other teams in their pool with the winning team gaining 2 points and the losing side 1 point. The top four teams from each pool progressed through to the quarterfinals. The rest of the tournament was a single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match held between the two semifinal losers. A total of 38 matches were played: 15 in each group, 4 quarterfinals, 2 semifinals, 1 bronze medal match, and 1 gold medal match. "* The Asian Olympic qualification tournament and the World Olympic Qualification Tournament are combined into one event. The top 3 teams at the tournament will qualify as the medallists of the World Olympic Qualification Tournament while the best Asian team outside the top 3 will qualify as the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament champion. Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their ranking as of January 2008. Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams. After a robin-round, the four highest-placed teams in each group advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals. All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). The first four teams in each Preliminary Round pool advanced to the quarterfinals, eight teams in total. The format was as follows: A1 vs. B4 (first place in pool A vs. fourth place in pool B) B1 vs. A4 A drawing of lots determined the pairings among A2/A3 and B2/B3. The purpose of this drawing was to prevent a second-place team in a pool from deliberately losing the last game in pool play in order to select an "easier" opponent (in the sense of matchups) in the quarterfinals.