BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THOMAS RICHARD WILLIAMS (1864-1930) & RACHAEL WILLIAMS (1864-1924), OF 87, ST GEORGES ROAD (1911 CENSUS) AND 17, GRANVILLE GARDENS, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 127 LBS WEIGHT, AND 34 INCH CHEST. STUDIED AT HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE , LIVING AT 41 ST PAUL STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN NEWCASTLE, ON 21/11/1914, CLAIMING TO BE AGED 19 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. HE SERVED IN THE 13TH HULL PALS IN EGYPT FROM 15/12/1915, WHERE HE WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, AND ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 16/11/1916, AGED 19. BURIED GORMIECOURT GERMAN CEMETERY. RE-BURIED AT DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL TECHNICAL COLLEGE WW1 MEMORIAL WHERE HE WAS A STUDENT.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER. THEY INCLUDED RELIGIOUS BOOKS AND 8 HANKERCHIEFS. HE ALSO LEFT BROTHERS, RICHARD, EVAN AND THOMAS AND SISTER, RACHEL.
