Smith, William Charles

BORN BRIGG, LINCS 1895. SON OF BETSY ANN ANDREW (1866-1910) AND TOM SMITH (1859-1919), OF 6 LILLY’S TERRACE, SPENCER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS SISTER, MRS CLARKE LIVED AT 59, GROSVENOR STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS AN INFIRMARY PORTER, LIVING AT 11 CHESTER AVENUE, MANVERS STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A WAREHOUSE BOY (1911 CENSUS)

HE ENLISTED AT HULL. POTED TO FRANCE, ON 20/04/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/10/1918, AGED 23.

BURIED AT LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE.

HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, TOM, BROTHER, ERNEST AND SISTER, SARAH ELLEN.


First name:
WILLIAM CHARLES
Military Number:
755202
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
23/10/1918
Place died:
LE CATEAU MILITARY CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
23
6 LILLY'S TERRACE, SPENCER STREET, HULL EAST YORKSHIRE, UK