BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & ADA (SHERWOOD) OF SANDFORD, HESSLE. SON OF A SHIP AND TUG OWNER. WILLIAM LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS WITH HIS TWO SISTERS ELMA AND JOYCE TULLEY AND FOUR SERVANTS (1911 CENSUS). HE LIVED IN HIGHBURY AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR AND ENLISTED IN LONDON. HE WAS KILLED ON THE 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 19, THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER ADA SHERWOOD. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
First name:
WILLIAM
Military Number:
4865
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
