Hudson, William Henry

Gunner, William Henry Husdson, RGA

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF SARAH & THE LATE HENRY HUDSON. EX COOPER FOR BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKS.

HE SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE EAST RIDING ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/10/1917, AGED 24. HIS WIDOW LILIAN V. HUDSON AND TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT 5 ANN’S TERRACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL.(CWGC ADDRESS).

HE IS BURIED AT STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, ‘EVER IN THOUGHT’.

REMEMBERED ON THE CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 19TH OCTOBER 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *


First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Military Number:
382022
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
11/10/1917
Place died:
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
24
5 ANN'S TERRACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK