BORN HULL 1898. ALIAS “WILLIAMS”. SON OF JOHN DAVISON (1862-1940) AND ANNIE WILLIAMS (1870-1960), OF 26, ALMA STREET, WITHERNSEA. SON OF A TAILOR. ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN. WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY IN PATRINGTON AND LIVED IN WITHERNSEA.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, TROOPER, 2186 EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 235386, 1ST LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 20/04/1918, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ANNIE. HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE, AT WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “NOT FORGOTTEN BY WHOSE AT HOME”
First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
235386
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/04/1918
Place died:
Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
26, ALMA STREET, WITHERNSEA, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
