BORN HULL 1887. FULL NAME FREDERICK JAMES HERALD WILLIS. SON OF JOHN (1839-1912) & MARY JANE WILLIS (1850-1918), OF 67 NAYLORS ROW, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (TERRITORIALS). DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 28/03/1918, AGED 32. HE IS BURIED AT NAMPS-AU-VAL BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER MARY JANE, BROTHERS, WALTER, JOHN, AND ERNEST, AND HIS MARRIED SISTERS, ADA GODSON, SARAH ANN WHIGG, ELIZABETH NEWMARSH, AMELIA GUEST, AND FANNY DRISCOL.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE NORWOOD STREET MEMORIAL AS J WILLIS.
First name:
FREDERICK JAMES HERALD
Military Number:
201198
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/03/1918
Place died:
Namps-Au-Val British Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
32
67 , NAYLORS ROW, DRYPOOL, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
