BORN HULL 1896. ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM EDWARD MANLEY (1867-1937) & MARY MANLEY (1869-1927), KINSDALE VILLA, NORTHFIELD, HESSLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A BUSINESS ASSISTANT, LIVING AT THORNE COTTAGE, HULL ROAD, HESSLE (1911 CENSUS).
ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE 12TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 09/06/1917, AGED 21. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
First name:
WILLIAM EDWARD
Military Number:
35270
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
09/06/1917
Place died:
Grevillers Britsh Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
KINSDALE VILLA, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried