BORN HULL 20/05/1889. SON OF WILLIAM JAMES DUNCAN (1867-1935) & ROSINA HARRIS (1868-1930), OF 160, DIVISION ROAD, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A TUG ENGINEMAN. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A FISH PORTER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY (NER).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4000, EYR. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 45134, 2ND SOUTH WALES BORDERERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/04/1918, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ROSINA.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
NB: NORMAN, SIDNEY & CLIFFORD DUNCAN LIVED AT 17, SALSIBURY STREET, HULL
First name:
WILLIAM OSCAR
Regiment:
Military Number:
45134
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/04/1918
Place died:
Steenwerck Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
28
160, DIVISION ROAD, HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
