BORN HULL 1880. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM POTTS AND LUCY ANNIE WESTOBY (1855-1907), OF 1, ST MARK’S SQUARE AND 56, LEONARD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A PLUMBER (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 6120 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 93051, 2ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF GUN SHOT WOUNDS, ON 25/09/1918, AGED 38. BURIED AT BRIE CEMETRY, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE MEMORIAM COLUMN, OF THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 03/10/1918.
HE LEFT £112 IN HIS WILL TO HIS SISTER, ANNIE, AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
First name:
WILLIAM GRANTHAM
Military Number:
93051
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/09/1918
Place died:
Brie British Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
38
