BORN HULL 1896. SON OF JAMES BOOTYMAN (1863-1940) & FLORENCE ANNIE HAIGH (1870-1922), AT 42, SHERBURN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DRAPER’S ASSISTANT. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A GROCER’S ERRAND BOY, LIVING AT 17 ST PAUL STREET, HULL (1911).
ENLISTED AT YORK. JOINED THE 32ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 14TH BATTALION. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 15/07/1916, AGED 20. BURIED AT THE SOMME.
HE LEFT SIBLINGS, ETHEL, JAMES , HANNAH, FLORENCE, THOMAS, IVY, JOHN AND HARRY BOOTYMAN.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
32/76
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/07/1916
Place died:
Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France
Age:
20
42, SHERBURN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
