BORN HULL 1892. SECOND SON OF ROBERT AND MARY STEPHENSON, AT 64 DE GREY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL AND 521 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE HD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. HIS FATHER WAS FROM LONDON AND WORKED IN A PAPER MILL. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN NEWCASTLE. A FORMER MILK LAD. (1911 CENSUS) AND BRICK LAYER.
HIS WIFE, LETTY STEPHENSON (BORN 6/10/1885), LIVED AT 14, TAVISTOCK STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF BRONCHITIS, ON 10/02/1917, AGED 25.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 10/02/1919. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHNS CHURCH, NEWLAND, CLOUGH ROAD, HULL.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
44590
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/02/1917
Place died:
Meaulte Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
25
14, TAVISTOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
