BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE ANNIE ADELA MYERS, OF ‘SILVER DENE’, BAWTRY ROAD, WICKERSLEY, ROTHERHAM. ONE OF THREE CHILDREN. SON OF A BRICKLAYER. HE ENLISTED IN THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON;S WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, AT ROTHERHAM. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 30/09/1918, AGED 20.
BURIED AT GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING”
First name:
WILLIAM ALFRED
Military Number:
204246
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/09/1918
Place died:
Grevillers Britsh Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
50 , BELMONT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
