BORN HULL 1894. SON OF SAMUEL DOUGHTY HANDLEY (1867-1919) & EMMA HANDLEY, OF 331 HESSLE ROAD (1901 CENSUS) AND 334 BROWNHILL ROAD, CATFORD, LONDON. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. SERVED AS RIFLEMAN, 1942, 16TH LONDON REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE FIST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER EMMAN. HE IS BURIED AT HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE. HE LEFT SISTERS, FANNY AND GLADYS.
First name:
WILFRED
Military Number:
1942
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
hebuterne military cemetery pas de calais france
Age:
22
331 , HESSLE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
