Timperley, William Henry

Pte, William Henry Timperley, Machine Gun Corps

BORN HULL 1892. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM & ELIZABETH TIMPERLEY AT 56 AND 111 CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO JOHN AND FRANK AND SISTER ELSIE. A COAL DEALER. HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS WAS 111 CAMPBELL STREET, HULL.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 31/08/1916. ARRIVED FRANCE, 22/01/1917. SERVED WITH THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION ON 17/05/1917. HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD AND SINGLE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 12/06/1917. *

BURIED AT LEVEL CROSSING CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY WILL BE DONE”.


First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Military Number:
67705
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/05/1916
Place died:
LEVEL CROSSING CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
25
111 , CAMPBELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK