BORN HULL 1889. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM EMBRIE (1865-1943) AND FRANCES (FANNY) TIEDE (1867-1935), OF 61 STEYNBURG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL. HE MARRIED EDITH ANNIE SHARP, AT ST ANDREWS CHURCH, HULL, ON 14/01/1912. THEY LIVED AT 11 ALASKA STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS A PAINTER AND DECORATOR. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 04/12/1915, AGED 26 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 23093, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 27/12/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 6TH YORK AND LACASTER REGIMENT. PROMOTED TO LANCE CORPORAL. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 28/08/1917, AGED 28. BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EDITH AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS.
HE ALSO LEFT TWO YOUNGER SISTERS, HILDA AND BEATRICE, AT 61 STEYNBURG STREET, HULL.
| Name | William Embrie |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1889. Son of William Embrie and Fanny (nee Tiede) Embrie.
Husband of Edith Annie (nee Sharp) Embrie of 11 Alaska Street, Holderness Road, Hull |
| Death Date | 28 Aug 1917 |
| Death Place | Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
| Regiment | York and Lancaster Regiment |
| Battalion | 6th (Service) Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 40146 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 23093, East Yorkshire Regiment. |
