BORN HULL 1876. SON OF WILLIAM AND EMILY FACEY, AT THIS ADDRESS. HE WAS A BLACKSMITH. MARRIED IN 1898. HIS WIFE ELIZA DUNN AND THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN LIVED AT 2 TEEL TERRACE, WALKER STREET, 1 JOHNS TERRACE, PARROTT STREET, 19 EDGAR STREET, AND 5 PRINCESS ROAD, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES TALL, 166 LBS WEIGHT AND 39 INCH CHEST, AND ‘GOOD’ PHYSIQUE. HE ENLISTED INTO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS, AT HULL, ON 06/10/1915. ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED IN POOLE HARBOUR, FALLING OFF A TUG BOAT, ON 12/10/1916, AGED 40. HE IS BURIED AT POOLE CEMETERY, DORSET.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
135071
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
12/10/1916
Place died:
Poole Cemetery, Dorset, UK
Age:
40
14 BENVISTAS AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
