BORN HULL 1893. YOUNGEST SON OF WILLIAM BOON ANNIS & MARTHA ELIZABETH ANNIS, OF 1 IRELAND TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED (NELLY MEGGITT) ELLEN FLORENCE MILLS (FORMERLY ANNIS) IN SEPTEMBER 1916. THEY LIVED AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. BEFORE JOINING HE WORKED AS A RAILWAY PORTER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN GOODS DEPARTMENT, WEST HULL. HE ENLISTED AT YORK. SERVED AS CORPORAL, ‘B’ COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/04/1917, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ELLEN (NELLY MEGGITT). HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 4TH MAY 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
WILLIAM GEORGE BOON
Military Number:
32/143
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
13/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
