BORN BERMUDA, 03/01/1869. SON OF CHARLES FREDERICK AND ELIZABETH THIELE. HIS FATHER WAS ORIGINALLY FROM GERMANY. ENLISTED AS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. COLOUR SERGEANT (1911 CENSUS). STATIONED IN BEVERLEY. HE MARRIED THERE IN 1906. HIS WIFE MARY JANE EMERY (1872-1959) AND SIX CHILDREN IN WALKINGTON. SERVED AS COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR IN THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT ENGLAND ON 14/07/1915. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 46. COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6993
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
46
WALKINGTON, BEVERLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
