BORN HULL 1894. HULL PAL. SON OF JOSEPH KERSHAW (1865-1901) AND SARAH McDERMOTT (1867-1951). HE LIVED AT 8 BURLEIGH GROVE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS), WITH BROTHERS, JOSEPH AND OSWALD AND SISTER SARAH KERSHAW. EX BLUNDELL’S PAINT WORKER. HE WAS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST,
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 18/11/1914. TRAINED AT BEVERLEY AND RIPON. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE, 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION,AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 22. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY, FOR 1 YEAR AND 362 DAYS. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
First name:
WILLIAM VINCENT
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/451
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
22
