BORN HULL 15/03/1884. A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. ENLISTED ON 30/04/1898. SON OF WILLIAM CAREY (1855-1918) & ANN GALLANAGH (1861-1886), OF BLACK FARM, BUNORANA, DONEGAL, IRELAND. HIS FATHER HAD SERVED FOR 22 YEARS IN THE ROYAL MARINES ARTILLERY AND RETIRED TO IRLEAND WHEN DISCHARGED ON 11/09/1917. WILLIAM CAREY FOLLOWED HIS FATHER AND ALSO SERVED AS A SERGEANT, IN THE ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY. DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 13/12/1918, AGED 34. BURIED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, PORTLAND, DORSET, UK
First name:
WILLIAM FRANCIS HENRY
Military Number:
7425
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
13/12/1918
Place died:
Portland, Weymouth and Portland Borough, Dorset, England
Age:
34
