BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JAMES JOSIAH WILLINGHAM & MARY JANE (TURNER). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN, OF 38 ESTCOURT STREET, HULL. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1911. EMPLOYED AS A TRAMWAY CONDUCTOR, ON THE HOLDERNESS ROAD, ROUTE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS AT NO; 3 STAFF HOSPITAL, BOULONGE, ON 07/06/1916, AGE 29. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, MARY. HE LEFT A SISTER KATHERINE COUPE ALSO LIVING AT 38 ESCOURT STREET. HIS DATHWAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/06/1916. *
BURIED: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
HIS BROTHER PRIVATE, JOHN TURNER WILLINGHAM, 52624, 11TH DLI, DIED ON 30/03/1918, AGED 38. HE LIVED AT 62 ESCOURT STREET, WITH HIS WIFE GERTRUDE AND THREE CHILDREN.
NOTE WILLINGHAM’ FAMILYALSO LIVED 7 CROMER STREET, EAST HULL.
29/10/2017 – If you have a photo of either brothers, please contact Lynda Smith – smithly_2000@yahoo.com
