BORN HULL 1896. HULL PAL. SON OF GEORGE EDWARD BRADY (1872-1932) & HANNAH SUTCLIFFE (1877-1934), OF 68 OSBORNE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND LATER COTTINGHAM.
SON OF A GENERAL DEALER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND FOUR SISTERS. HE ASSISTED IN HIS FATHER’S BUSINESS AND WORKED AS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY (NER) SIGNALLER.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EYR IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT SERRE ON 13/11/1916, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS NAME APPEARS ON THE NER ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, HANNAH.
First name:
WILLIAM NICHOLAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/1503
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
20
