BORN HULL 1897. SON OF ARTHUR PARISH (1871-1910) AND PHOEBE PARISH (1875-1932), AT 39 RAYWELL STREET, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITHTHE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS. MARRIED FRANCES MAY BROOKS (1899-1972) IN 1916. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/12/1917, AGED 20.
HIS BROTHER, ARTHUR PARISH, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND DAUGHTER MAY, AND SIBLINGS, AMY, ELLEN, ALICE, THOMAS AND FREDERICK.
BURIED: Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand, Fins, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Military Number:
178240
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/12/1917
Place died:
Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand, Somme, France
Age:
20
