BORN HULL 1895. SON OF BELLA WHARTON, OF 144 , BEAN STREET, HULL AND HESSLE. A FORMER TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL BOY. HE WORKED AT HULL FISH DOCK.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. MARRIED LILIAN MAY BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE FRONT. KILLED IN ACTION AT GALIPOLLI, AGED 20.
HE IS LISTED ON THE WILLIAM STREET MEMORIAL AND TRINITY HOUSE WW1 MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH APPEAR IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 6TH SEPTEMBER 1915, AND THE HULL TIMES, ON THE 11TH SEPTEMBER 1915. *
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
First name:
WILLIAM JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
3791
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
07/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
20
144 , BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
