BORN WELLS, NORFOLK 1889. SON OF THE LATE W J DRURY OF WELLS, NORFOLK. HIS MOTHER SALLY REMARRIED TO THOMAS COOPER, OF 37 MIDDLETON STREET (1911 CENSUS), AND THIS HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS. WILLIAM WORKED AS A GROCER’S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 38202, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, TO THE 2/4TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/09/1918, AGED 29. HE LEFT HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO HIS WIDOW, ADA HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE.
First name:
WILLIAM JOHN
Military Number:
35971
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
28/09/1918
Place died:
Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France
Age:
29
