BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WILLIAM & FRANCES WELLS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 04/11/1918, AGED 18, A WEEK BEFORE THE WAR ENDED. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN. HE IS BURIED AT GHISSIGNIES BRITISH CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “EVER IN THOUGHT”.
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
55017
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/11/1918
Place died:
GHISSIGNIES BRITISH CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
19
