BORN ROSEDALE, WEST YORKSHIRE, 1891. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM SONLEY (1863-1914) & ELEANOR (NANCY) ANN REVELEY (1875-1956), OF ROSEDALE, YORKS.
HIS WIFE AMELIA V ROTHWELL (1888-1922), LIVED AT 65 MERSEY STREET, HULL & THEN STENKRITH HOUSE, KIRKBY STEPHEN, DARLINGTON.
HE ENLISTED AT DARLINGTON AS PRIVATE, 2784, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED AS 330994, 510TH LABOUR CORPS. HE DIED OF INFLUENZA, AT THE ST JOHN’S VAD HOSPITAL, HULL, ON 27/10/1918, AGED 27. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 29/10/1918. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE ROSEDAL WW1 MEMORIAL.
HIS BROTHER, ARTHUR REDVERS SONLEY, ALSO DIED OF INFLUENZA, IN 1919, AGED 18.
First name:
ARTHUR WILLIAM
Military Number:
330994
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/10/1918
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
27
