Lancaster, William

Pte, William Lancaster, 2nd Yorkshire Regiment

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF ARTHUR & HELENA LANCASTER OF 117 , WELBECK STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 9 CAMBRIDGE TERRACE, WARNE STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL. SINGLE MAN. HE WORKED AS A GARDENER AND WAS EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, SHAW & CO, MALT MILLS, WINCOLMLEE, HULL, WHEN WAR BEGAN.

HE SERVED WITH THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 22. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/05/1918. *


First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
41903
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/04/1918
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
22
9 CAMBRIDGE TERRACE, WARNE STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK