BORN MANCHESTER, 1876. FOURTH SON OF MR T.P WILLIAMS, INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS. HIS FATHER WAS HEADMASTER OF THE WHEELER STREET SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN OFFICE WORKER.
HUSBAND OF ADA ETHEL GRANT, LIVED AT 3 MILTON TERRACE, SOUTH BOULEVARD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 5, ETON TERRACE, PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN (CLIVE, MAUD, GEORGE, ALICE, MAY, GERTRUDE AND ARTHUR THOMAS)
HE ENLISTED IN THE 1/4TH EYR AT HULL. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON THE SOMME, AT NO:1 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON THE 19TH JUNE 1916, AGED 40. HE IS BURIED AT BAILLEUL.
HE LEFT BEHIND A WIDOW AND SEVEN CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM WAS BORN ONLY FOUR DAYS BEFORE. SHE WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 36 SHILLINGS, UNTIL SHE REMARRIED A SOLDIER ON 30TH MAY 1917 AND BECAME ADA ETHEL SUTTON.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 5TH JULY 1916 AND 01/12/1916. *
HE WAS ALSO LISTED ON PROVIDENCE ROW, ROLL OF HONOUR, IN HULL. AND ST MARYS CHURCH MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
