Service Number
10th/0479
Rank
Private
Firstname
William Henry
Lastname
Alexander
Battalion
1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Notes

Attested 03 September 1914 Wenlock Barracks Anlaby Road Hull – Medal Index Card Victory Medal and British War Medal to serve with 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment – Entered Marseilles France 16 April 1916 – 10th Battalion joined in the field 28 April 1916 – Bomber and Signaller 1st Class – Attached 257 Tunneling Coy 15 May 1916 – Transferred 182 Coy Royal Engineers 21 June 1917 – Attached Headquarters 1st Army 6 July 1917 – Posted 13th Battalion 6 February 1918 – Posted 1st Battalion 8 February 1918 – Wounded 16 April 1918 – Died of Wounds 36 Casualty Clearing Station 22 April 1918 – Died of Wounds Casualty List Hull Daily News 7 June 1918 – Documents Available – AVL Hull 1918 – Effects to widow Clara M – Commemorated Holy Trinity Golden Book – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire

Age
29
Birthplace
Hull
Enlisted
Hull
How Died
Died of Wounds
Memorial
Buried Bandaghem Haringhe Military Cemetery grave VB7, Belgium.
Next of Kin
Son of George & Ann Alexander one of 7 children. Husband of Clara May Alexander and father of 2 children at 121 Belvoir Street Hull late of 92 Grafton Street Hull
Date Died
22-Apr-18