BORN NAFFERTON, 1892. SON OF FRANK AND HARRIET FLETCHER, 102 WEST PARADE HULL AND WATERWORKS STREET, HULL. A FORMER BUTCHER (1911 CENSUS) EX SHEEP FARMER IN RUAWARO, NEW ZEALAND SINCE 1912. HE ENLISTED IN NEW ZEALAND. SERVED WITH THE AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 08/08/1915, AGED 26. COMMEMORATED ON THE CHUNUK BAIR (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT BROTHERS, FRANK, HAROLD AND LANCELOY AND SISTER, GLADYS.
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES ON 4TH SEPTEMBER, 1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, AND IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 30TH AUGUST 1915. *
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
13/799
Rank:
Trooper
Date Died
08/08/1915
Place died:
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Turkey
Age:
26
