BORN HULL 1876. SON OF RICHARD WILLIAM SCURR (1845-1933) & LYDIA ANN TERRY (1850-1935), OF 410, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. SON OF A DRAPER. HE WORKED AS A DRAPER’S ASSISTANT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX, PRIVATE, 3657 NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 201229, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 40. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HE LEFT £226 IN HIS WILL, TO HIS FATHER, RICHARD AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS. HE LEFT SIBLINGS, MARGARET, KATE, MARY, ARCHIBALD, AND LYDIA.
First name:
WILLIAM EDWIN
Military Number:
201229
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
40
