BORN HULL 1887. SON OF (GEORGE) HENRY SHANN (1859-1936) & MARY ELLEN COSGROVE (1870-1921), OF 16, SEWARD STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 112, THOMAS STREET, HEDON ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1, PINE GROVE, BELLAMY STREET, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A SAW MILL LABOURER ON HULL DOCKS. HE RESIDED WITH HIS BROTHERS, PRIVATE, GEORGE SHANN, 2ND EYR AND CSM., JOHN SHANN RFA, AT 16, ABBEY STREET, HULL. THEY ARE PICTURED TOGETHER IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 21/09/1915.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 201000, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/10/1918, AGED 31. BURIED ATVENDEGIES-AU-BOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE .
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
201000
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/10/1918
Place died:
ATVENDEGIES-AU-BOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
31
1, PINE GROVE, BELLAMY STREET, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
