BORN NEWLAND, HULL 1885. MARRIED ON 18/11/1911. HUSBAND OF MINNIE STEPHENSON, OF HIGH STREET, EASTRINGTON, AND 1 MARKET PLACE, HOWDEN. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS. DIED BETWEEN 20TH- 23/11/1917, AGED 32. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW MINNIE AND ONE CHILD AT 1 MARKET PLACE, HOWDEN. (PENSION LEDGER’S ADDRESS).
HE IS LISTED AS A HULL CASUALTY IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 05/01/1918.
BURIED AT ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY WILL BE DONE”.
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
9295
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/11/1917
Place died:
Anneux British Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
32
HIGH STREET, EASTRINGTON, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried