BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM MADDISON & FLORENCE KEAL. WORKED AS A FARM LABOURER AND FOR THE HULL AND BARNSLEY RAILWAYS AS A RULLYMAN. HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH KEAL LIVED AT 6 GROVES TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (HDM 13/05/1918). HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. EX 12/1308, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. PROMOTED CORPORAL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/04/1918, AGED 23. BURIED AT AMIENS.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/05/1918. *
BURIED: St. Acheul French National Cemetery, Amiens; St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens; La Madeleine Cemetery,
First name:
WILLIAM ERNEST
Military Number:
32675
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
20/04/1918
Place died:
St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme France
Age:
23
