BORN HULL 1894. SON OF GEORGE AND ISABELLA COULSON, OF 11 SALMOND TERRACE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A FISH PORTER FOR THE RAILWAYS.
WILLIAM WAS ALSO EMPLOYED BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS AS A PORTER-OPERATOR AT HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 32/444, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 34288, 1ST YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED IN SALONIKA, ON 22/04/1918, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ISABELLA.
BURIED IN GREECE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN”.
HIS BROTHER HOMER SLEIGHT COULSON, ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, ALSO SERVED AT THE SAME ADDRESS. (1918 MILITARY VOTERS).
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
34288
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/04/1918
Place died:
Struma Military Cemetery, Greece
Age:
24
11 SALMOND TERRACE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
