BORN HULL 1888. SON OF CHARLES OLSON, A GAS WORKS LABOURER, BORN IN SWEDEN. HUSBAND OF BETSY OLSEN WHO LIVED AT 63 , REFORM STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED BY THE BRITH GAS LIGHT COMPANY HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED UNDER THE NAME PERRY, IN THE 2ND YORK AND LANCS REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 27. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE REFORM STREET ROLL OF HONOUR.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY WW1 MEMORIAL, WHICH IS KEPT AT THE FAKENHAM GAS MUSEUM, NORFOLK.
First name:
WILLIAM WALTER
Military Number:
7875
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
27
