BORN BEVERLEY. THIRD AND ONLY SURVIVING SON OF JOHN AND MARGARET SUTHERLAND. HIS FATHER WAS A POLICE INSPECTORJOINED THE EYR AS A DRUMMER BOY ON LEAVING SCHOOL. SERVED 21 YEARS IN THE EYR HOME AND ABROAD BEFORE RETIRING. AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, ENLISTED BEVERLEY. PROMOTED TO CSM AND TRAINING INSTRUCTOR FOR KITCHENERS NEW ARMY. HE WAS DRAFTED TO INDIA IN 1916 AND ATTACHED TO THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WELL KNOWN IN HULL, HIS SISTER WAS HEAD TEACHER OF ST PAUL’S SCHOOL. HE DIED IN INDIA OF INFLUENZA. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 22ND NOVEMBER 1918.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
22331
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
03/11/1918
Place died:
Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan
Age:
42
, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
