2 BILSBY TERRACE, DURHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
03/05/1917
Aged
23
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE GEORGE WILLIAM WILLEY 11/1222. Born in September 1893, George was the only child of William Richard Willey and Sarah Willey. His father died when George was just a toddler so George and Sarah lived with his Grandad at 2 Bilsby Terrace, Durham Street, Hull. A Clerk before the war, George enlisted on 12th […]
BORN HULL 1881. SON OF ELIZABETH JANE THOMPSON & THE LATE ROBERT WILSON. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. EDUCATED AT TRINITY HOUSE SCHOOL. HE HAD SERVED ON THE STEAM SHIP 'DIDO' AND WAS ONE OF ONLY THREE SURVIVORS, WHEN IT WAS MINED, ON 26/02/1916. (HDM 26/02/1916). HE WAS BOSUN ON THE STEAMER, "GITANO", WHICH WAS MINED ON 23/12/1918, AGED […]