BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM OFFEN & HARRIET OFFEN, 24 LUCY’S PLACE, PORTER STREET. HE WAS SINGLE AND LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED SIX YEARS IN CHINA WITH THE 1ST KOYLI, BASED IN HONG KONG. HE CAME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS IN 1914, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS. HE RETURNED TO THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/03/1915, AGED 27. BURIED AT BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY, BELGIUM.
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE PRINTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 19TH MARCH 1915. *
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Military Number:
9499
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
02/03/1915
Place died:
Bedford House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
27
