BORN HULL 1897. FOURTH SON OF CAPTAIN, FREDERICK CHARLES STOCKS (1852-1918) & RACHEL ANN JOHNSON (1859-1912), OF 87 COLTMAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SON OF A SHIP’S PILOT. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1912. HIS FATHER DIED ON 15/07/1918. A FORMER OFFICE WORKER. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 22746, 2ND YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1916, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT BROTHERS CHRISTOPHER AND EDWARD AND SISTER EMILY. HE LEFT £187 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER AND THEN TO ALBERT STOCKS, A CABINET MAKER.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
22746
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/10/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
