Appleby, William

Pte, William Appleby, WYR

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF MR WILLIAM HENRY APPLEBY & MRS EMMA GOWER – 34 BARMSTON STREET & 3 LINCOLN STREET, HULL.  ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE WORKED FOR MESSRS, KEIGHLEY & SONS OIL MILLS.

ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS WOUNDED AND PRESUMED KILLED 20/07/1918, AGED 19.

HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 4TH SEPTEMBER 1918 AND 26TH AUGUST 1919. *

HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER WILLIAM.

HE IS BURIED AT MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY, MARNE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “EVER IN THOUGHT”

HIS OLDER BROTHER PTE, ALFRED APPLEBY, 1ST EYR, WAS KILLED ON 23/07/1916, AGED 23.


First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
52220
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/07/1918
Place died:
MARFAUX BRITISH CEMETERY, MARNE, FRANCE
Age:
19
3 , LINCOLN STREET, WINCOLMLEE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK