Private 551214 Labour Corps
Died 20 December 1919 aged 51
Buried in Seale (St Laurence) Churchyard
Remembered on Tongham War Memorial

William was born 1867, in Chatham Kent.

The 1881 census records that he was living at 1 Denmark Street Aldershot with his parents George (a painter) and Martha; and the 1901 census records that the family was a living in Oak Cottage in Ash. The 1911 census records that he was a house painter living at 2 Recreation Villas, Tongham, with his brother and his family.

William’s service record shows that he was still living at 2 recreation Villas when he enlisted in Guildford 7 August 1918 aged 50 year and 8 months.

His sister was Mrs Hills of Canal Cottages, Ash.