BORN HULL 1895. ELDEST SON OF HARRY & SUSANNAH SCARBOROUGH, OF 177, SOMERSET STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN.
SERVED AS ABLE SEAMAN, ON HMS “KILLINGHOLME”. LOST AT SEA, ON 26/04/1916, AGED 21.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 27/04/1917.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVON, UK. ALSO LISTED ON THE ST JOHN THE BAPTIST MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
876613
Rank:
Able Seaman
Date Died
27/04/1916
Place died:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVON, UK
Age:
21
