BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ANNIE & THE LATE JOHN SMITHSON, OF 30 VICTOR STREET, HULL. THEY MOVED TO 3951 HEATHER STREET, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.
AN EX IRON MOULDER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE WAS KILLED ON 18/07/1916, AGED 21.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTO ON 27TH JULY 1916.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
207
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
18/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
21
