BORN NOTTINGHAM, 1895. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY WANLESS, OF 30 MOXON STREET, HULL AND 6, BATES TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 21. BURIED AT FRICOURT CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS.
NOTE: CPL. JOHN WANLESS, ROYAL ENGINEERS, LIVED AT 10, ETTY GROVE, WYNDHAM STREET, HULL.
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
12162
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Fricourt New Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
21
