BORN THORNGUMBALD 1893. SON OF GEORGE HENRY & JANE ELIZA GRAY, OF THORNGUMBALD.
HUSBAND OF MRS FRANCES A. GRAY, OF 3, MONA AVENUE, CAVE STREET, HULL.
HE WORKED FOR THE RAILWAYS, AS A LOCAOMOTIVE ENGINE CLEANER LIVING AT 3, MELROSE VILLAS, CHESTNUT AVENUE, QUEENS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE LATER WORKED FOR THE HULL POLICE FORCE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 08/09/1918, AGED 25.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/09/1918.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THORNGUMBOLD WW1 VILLAGE MEMORIAL WHERE 65 MEN SERVED AND 9 DIED.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
154454
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
08/09/1918
Place died:
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
25
3, MONA AVENUE, CAVE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
