BORN GRIMSBY 1895. SON OF DANIEL WHARAM (1853-1917) & MARY ANN WHARAM, OF 14, BURLEIGH PLACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL (1911 CENSUS0 AND 40, PROVIDENCE ROW, HULL. SON OF A RETIRED, SLATER. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, DANIEL AND THREE SISTERS. A SAW MILL WORKER AND FORMER RECKITTS WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EYR. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/04/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1915, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO BOTH PARENTS.
HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE RECKITTS WW1 MEMORIAL, HULL.
NB: ARTHUR WHARAM, LIVED AT 38, MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL. WHARAMS ALSO LIVING AT 9, PICTURESQUE TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL.
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
1864
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
