BORN HULL 1891. SON OF GEORGE HENRY & ALICE BROWN – 61 CROWLE STREET AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A BOOT REPAIRER. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 26/08/1915. KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE MARFLEET ROLL OF HONOUR. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/06/1917.
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Military Number:
13347
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
26
