BORN HULL 1898. SON OF JOHN & FLORENCE E NORTON, OF 33 HADDON STREET AND 6 NEWINGTON STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. A HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN NOVEMBER 1916. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/07/1917, AGED 19.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 05/09/1917. *
HIS BROTHER, SERGEANT, HERBERT NORTON, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS WOUNDE AND HAD HIS LEG AMPUTATED
First name:
BERNARD WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
56065
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/07/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
