BORN HULL 1876. SON OF ALICE NORMAN, OF 4, AURORA STREET, GREAT UNION STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS WIFE REBECCA & FIVE CHILDREN, LIVED AT, 5, AVON DALE, RUSTENBERG STREET, HULL. HE WAS A JOINER AND CARPENTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. HE SERVED WITH THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 01/07/1916, AGED 40. HE IS BURIED AT FRCOURT CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ALICE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL, HULL
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
12227
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Fricourt New Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
40
