BORN BURNLEY 1889. SON OF JAMES MAIDEN NOWELL (1866-1939) AND MARGARET ANN TATTERSALL (1868- 1947). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 20/10/1915 AGED 26 AND 10 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 124 LBS WEIGHT, 33-35 INCH CHEST SIZE, HE MARRIED MARGARET ANNIE ROBINSON (1888- 1969), IN BURNLEY, ON 18/09/1917. THEY LIVED AT 19 ARLINGTON STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE JOINED HIS MEDICAL UNIT, AT THE FRONT, ON 29/06/1918 AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/08/1918, AGED 29. BURIED AT SERRE, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WENLOCK BARRACKS ROLL OF HONOUR
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
79078
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/08/1918
Place died:
Serre Road Cemetery No:2, Somme, Somme, France
Age:
29
