BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM OXBURY (1862-1946) & EDITH SARAH BOWRON (1867-1952), OF 4 EMMAS TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL AND 3 HUDSON STREET, OFF WELLINGTON LANE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS WHO ALL LIVED WITHTHEIR PARENTS AT 13 HUDSON STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A RULLYMAN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, JOINING THE LINCOLNSHIRE YEOMANRY, ON 29/03/17. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 125 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 22921, ARMY CYCLIST CORPS. BELIEVED TO HAVE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD WITH A REVOLVER. DIED ON 31/01/1919, AGED 19. HE IS BURIED AT COLOGNE CEMETERY, GERMANY.
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Military Number:
22921
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/01/1919
Place died:
Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany
Age:
19
