BORN HULL 1894. ENLISTED HULL. LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER ELIZA COGGIN, AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. AN OIL MILL WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11477, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 10/07/1916, AGED 22. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
11477
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
22