BORN COTTINGHAM 1885. FOURTH SON OF JOSEPH & SARAH THOMPSON, OF ENDYKE LANE, COTTINGHAM (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT LABOURER. FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY THE GENERAL POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS, HULL DISTRICT, FOR SEVEN YEARS.
SERVED IN THE 16TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF PYERNIA, ON 29TH MAY 1917, AGED 32. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 7TH JUNE 1917 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HE IS LISTED ON COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS TWO BROTHERS, SERVED IN FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, GUNNER, ARTHUR TAYLOR, 129147, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, WAS KILLED ON 21/03/1918.
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Military Number:
37455
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/05/1917
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
32
ENDYKE LANE, NEW VILLAGE, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
