BORN RUDSTON, BRIDLINGTON, 1890. SON OF HENRY CHAMPLIN AND ELIZABETH FOSTER, OF RUDSTON, YORKSHIRE. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 9139, 2ND KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/09/1915, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, RHODA, DALTON. THIS IS THE ONLY CWGC RECORD. HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON HULL’S, CHILTERN STREET ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/09/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
9139
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
18/09/1915
Place died:
Carnoy Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
25
, CHILTERN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
