Service Number
23978
Rank
Private
Firstname
William Ernest
Lastname
Cropper
Battalion
1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Notes

Attested 29 November 1915 City Hall Hull – Mobilized 31 May 1916 – Medal Index Card British War Medal and Victory Medal – Posted 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 25 December 1916 – Shrapnel Wound buttock and abdomen 11 May 1917 – Reported Died of Wounds casualty list 23 June 1917 Hull Weekly News – Died of Wounds at 55 Field Ambulance – Documents Available – Effects to widow Elizabeth for self and children – Commemorated Reckitts Ours – Courtney Street Hull Roll of Honour Hull Daily Mail 17 October 1916 – Commemorated Holy Trinity Golden Book of Remembrance – Commemorated East Yorkshire Regiment War Memorial Beverley Minster East Yorkshire

Age
30
Birthplace
Hull
Enlisted
Hull
Residence
Hull
How Died
Died of Wounds
Memorial
Buried Bucquoy Road Cemetery grave I.J.10, France.
Next of Kin
Son of Mr. Mrs. James Cropper. Husband of Elizabeth Cropper 8 Derwent Avenue Courtney Street Hull
Date Died
28-May-17