BORN HULL 1885. WIFE MRS ELIZA JOHNSON, OF 12 OLIVE GROVE, SOMERSET STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER SOLDIER AND TIMBER MEASURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE WITHTHE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, ON 08/09/1914. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRES. TRANSFERRED TO 513836, 788TH LABOUR CORPS, AREA EMPLOYMENT COMPANY. DIED IN FRANCE, ON 17/11/1918, AGED 32. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND SONS, WILLIAM AND RICHARD.
BURIED AT ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME FRANCE.
GRAVE INSCRIPTION: “UPRIGHT AND TRUE ONE OF THE BEST MAY GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST”
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
7526
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/11/1918
Place died:
Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
32
12 OLIVE GROVE, SOMERSET STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
