BORN NORTHWOLD, NORFOLK 1886. SON OF ALFRED ISLEY (1852-1905) & SUSANNAH ‘LILY’ CHAMBERS, (1851-1934). AT 30 WYNBURG STREET AND 200 NEWBRIDGE ROAD, HULL. A TIME SERVED BRICK LAYER. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. WAS A SHAREHOLDER IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, E T ISLEY & CO LTD., HENLEY BEACH ROAD, ADELAIDE. HE ENLISTED IN LIVERPOOL, NEW SOUTH WALES, ON 18/11/1914, AGED 29 YEARS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 10 STONE WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, LIGHT HAIR, TATOO ON LEFT ARM. SERVED IN THE 19TH AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE. PROMOTED TO PIONEER SERGEANT, ON 16/04/1915. PROCEEDED TO GALLIPOLI, ON 06/08/1915. SERVED IN FRANCE FROM 25/03/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT FLERS, ON 14/11/1916, AGED 31. COMMEMORATED ON THE VILLERS BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS COUSIN, BERTHA E. ISLEY, HENLEY BEACH ROAD, MILE END, ADELAIDE.
HE LEFT A WIDOWED MOTHER, THREE SISTERS, BLANCHE, URSULA, AND AUDREY, IN ENGLAND. HIS ONLY BROTHER, PRIVATE, JOHN ROWLAND ISLEY, 12564, ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN MESOPOTANIA, ON 25/01/917, AGED 25.
Isley, William Alfred
First name:
WILLIAM ALFRED
Military Number:
31
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
14/11/1916
Place died:
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
31
200 , NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
