BORN HULL 1885. SON OF JOHN HENRY & BETSY BURTON 34 WELLSTED STREET. HIS WIFE POLLY BURTON LIVED 24 GREEN LANE, HULL.
HE WAS WELL KNOWN AS A FISHERMAN AT HULL FISH COCKS. EMPLOYED AY MESSRS KEHALL BROS & BEECHING. HE WAS A THIRD HAND ON ONE OF THE TRAWLERS, DURING THE ‘RUSSIAN OUTRAGE’.
ENLISTED HULL AUGUST 1914. SERVED WITH THE 7TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR TWO YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS, DURING WHICH TIME HE HAD NEVER BEEN HOME. HE WAS REPORTED WOUNDED, MISSING, THEN KILLED ON 01/10/1916, AGED 31. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND TWO CHILDREN.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 7TH SEPTEMBER 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
12339
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/10/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
31
