Childs, William Herbert

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JAMES HENRY CHILDS & MARGARET CHILDS, OF 1, JAMES PLACE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).

ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN “A” COMPANY, 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 2/02/1915, AGED 22. AT RECKITTS HOSPITAL, DANSOM LANE.

HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON HULL’S NEW GEORGE STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (Hull Daily Mail 03 November 1917).

HIS FUNERAL WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 11/12/1915.
HIS FATHER SERVED AS JAMES HENRY ‘MITCHELL’ AND DIED IN HULL ON 23/01/1920. BOTH FATHER AND SON ARE BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY IN CWGC GRAVES.


First name:
WILLIAM HERBERT
Military Number:
3/5603
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/12/1915
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
22
1, JAMES PLACE, NEW GEORGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK