BORN HULL 22/09/1888. SON OF ARTHUR MILSON (1862-1907) & ISABELLA KERSTEIN (1865-1906), OF 87 FRANCIS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN.
HE MARRIED IN HULL, APRIL 1910. HIS WIFE, EVA LILIAN CONYERS (1888-1955) AND THEIR TWO SONS, LIVED AT 12 BRUNSWICK TERRACE, BRUNSWICK STREET, HULL AND 8 EDWIN’S TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESSES).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. DIED AT WAREHAM HOSPITAL, DORSET ON 28/10/1918, AGED 30.
HE IS BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY, HULL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW EVA. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION , READS, “TREASURED MEMORIES OF MY BELOVED”
First name:
WILLIAM LAND
Military Number:
316758
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
28/10/1918
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
30
