BORN HULL 1898. SON OF FRANCIS COOPER INCE & MARY ANN INCE, OF 6 PERSEVERANCE TERRACE, FOUNTAIN ROAD (CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 130813, OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, WHICH WAS CREATED IN APRIL 1918. HE DIED OF SICKNESS IN CHELSEA HOSPITAL, ON 19/06/1918, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FRANCIS. HE IS BURIED AT HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “JESUS, I THY FACE AM SEEKING EARLY HAVE I COME TO THEE”
First name:
WILFRED ERNEST
Regiment:
Military Number:
130813
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/06/1918
Place died:
Hull Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
19
