BORN KEYINGHAM, 1881. SON OF JOHN GOUNDRILL (1842-1925) AND HARRIET BLAGG (1843-1924), OF MAIN STREET, KEYINGHAM. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. SEVON BROTHERS AND SISTER, EMILY. HE MARRIED IN 1908, AT HULL. WORKED AS A GROOM. ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 19/12/1914, AGED 32 YEARS AND 330 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 142 LBS WEIGHT, 35.5 INCH CHEST. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/10/1918.
NOTE:: WILLIAM GROUNDRILL, RGA – 4 PEARSON STREET.HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM MEMORIAL.
HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE . HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “TO MEMORY DEAR OF HIM WHO FELL LOVED BY THOSE HE LEFT”.
First name:
DAVID
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/1126
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/10/1918
Place died:
Naves Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
37
