BORN SCULCOATES, HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM GALLON & BETSY HILL, AT THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN, FIVE OF WHICH DIED IN INFANCY. ENLISTED HULL. EX 9030, 1ST EYR. WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, JOINING THE 1ST EYR IN 1911. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 26, ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS WIDOW MABEL.
First name:
MAURICE WILLIAM
Military Number:
14061
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
26
