BORN HULL 22/09/1888. SON OF ARTHUR MILSON (1862-1907) & ISABELLA KERSTEIN (1865-1906), OF 87, FRANCIS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN.
HE MARRIED IN HULL, APRIL 1910. HIS WIFE, EVA LILIAN CONYERS (1888-1955) AND THEIR TWO SONS, LIVED AT 12, BRUNSWICK TERRACE, BRUNSWICK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 8, EDWIN’S TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESSES).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED AT WAREHAM HOSPITAL, DORSET ON 28/10/1918, AGED 30.
HE IS BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY, HULL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW EVA. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION , READS, “TREASURED MEMORIES OF MY BELOVED”
First name:
WILLIAM LAND
Military Number:
316758
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
28/10/1918
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
30
