BORN HACKNEY, MIDDLESEX, 1871. LIVED IN HULL. EMPLOYED ON THE DOCKS. HE MARRIED 06/04/1890, AT ST PAUL’S, BETHNAL GREEN, EAST LONDON. EMPLOYED AS A BUILDER’S LABOURER. ENLISTED SOUTH SHIELDS, DURHAM. SERVED WITH THE 12TH MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 05/07/1916, AGED 45. HE LEFT A WIDOW, ELIZABETH MARY (SHARP) & SEVEN CHILDREN AT THIS ADDRESS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 02/10/1916.
HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE HULL’S WALLER STREET, SHRINE (HDM 31/10/1916).
BURIED: Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
20599
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
05/07/1916
Place died:
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France
Age:
45
