PRIVATE WILLIAM LAZENBY 10/770. Born Beverley, 1891, the eldest son of John and Hannah Lazenby of 77 Keldgate, Beverley. He lived in Hull with his sister Elsie Shearer at 33 New Garden Street, Hull William was working as a Footman at Cave Castle, South Cave, before the war, but was among the first to enlist for the new “Hull Commercials” battalion, during the heady days of September 1914 when the war still seemed a great adventure. After serving in Egypt and on the Somme, that great adventure came to an end on May 3rd 1917 at Oppy Wood in France. William’s body was never recovered and his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. He was 26 years old. William’s youngest sister Elsie married and moved to Hull where she lived at 33 New Garden Street. I bet she never forgot her brother the hero. Who could possibly ever measure up?
W. Lazenby is commemorated on the Withernsea WW1 Memorial.
