BORN MOOSE JAW, MANITOBA, CANADA 1896. SON LAWRENCE BOWDLER KING & RACHAEL KING ABOVE. HULL. SON OF A RETAIL CHEMIST. EDUCATED AT FOUNTAIN STREET SCHOOL, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 22/11/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 116 LBS WEIGHT, AND 32 INCH CHEST. POSTED TO THE RESERVES AND 10TH EYR. MOBILISED ON 22/11/1916. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 31/01/1917. ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH TRENCH FEVER. RETURNED TO ENGLAND ON 26/06/1917 AND SENT BACK TO FRANCE, ON 22/03/1918. POSTED TO THE THE 1ST SHERWOOD FORRESTERS, ON 17/06/1918. HE DIED OF WOUNDS ON 29/08/1918, AGED 22. HE SERVED FOR 2 YEARS AND 281 DAYS. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER, RACHEL. HE LEFT BROTHER GEORGE ERIC KING , AND SISTER, ELSIE MARY KING. BURIED AT LA TARGETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “ALSO IN MEMORY OF 16215 CO.SGT.MAJ. LAWRENCE LEGGOTT KING, M.G.C. DIED 9TH APR.1917”. THIS WAS HIS BROTHER, WHO LIVED ATÂ 83 CRANBROOK AVENUE, HULL
King, William Henry
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Military Number:
102784
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
29/08/1918
Place died:
La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
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