BORN HULL 1900. ONLY SON OF EDWIN STAMP PIERCY & ELIZABETH JANE PIERCY, OF 72 CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS).
EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, A. LACEY & CO, COAL EXPORTERS, SAVILLE STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 66462, 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS REPORTED WOUNDED IN HOSPITAL IN MAY 1918. (HDM 01/05/1918) THEN KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/07/1918, AGED 19.
HE IS BURIED AT TOURGEVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY, CALVADOS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS”
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
66462
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/07/1918
Place died:
Tourgeville Military Cemetery, Calvados, France
Age:
19
72 , CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
