BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ARRON & CHRISTIANA HERDSMAN – 1901 CENSUS ADDRESS & HIS SISTER’S HOME AT 1 NEW STREET, HALTEMPRICE STREET, HULL. HE WAS A SERVANT IN BEMPTON, BRIDLINGTON IN 1911. HIS FATHER WAS A PLATELAYER FOR NER. WILLIAM WAS WELL KNOWN IN WEST HULL AS HIS FAMILY HAD LIVED AT BEAN STREET FOR SOME TIME. HE WAS REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION AT LOOS, ON 26/09/1915, AGED 20. HIS DEATH IS REPORTED WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 20TH OCTOBER 1915, AND IN THE HULL TIMES ON 23RD OCTOBER 1915. *
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
51019
Rank:
Bombardier
Date Died
26/09/1915
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
1 FLETCHERS TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
