Search / Record 78
- Date of birth
- 1893 - 07-25
- Place of birth
- Staindrop ,Co. Durham
- Home
- High Green, Wearhead, Heatherycleugh
- Enlisted
- 15 February 1916
- Regiment
East Yorkshire Regiment- Battalion / unit
- 8th Battalion (Territorial)
- Conflict
- First World War
- War record
- No
- Next of kin
- Husband of Eliza Hannah Wright of Wearhead
Notes
Occupation in 1911 Census - Farm Labourer living at Rigg Side Farm, Harwood, Middleton - in - Teesdale - Also 8th, 1/4th E. York- Wounded in the Head 4th December 1917 - Discharged 12/10/1918. Occupation in 1921 Census - Discharged Soldier - Disabled - William "Billy" was wounded in the head by shrapnel & never worked again. He used to take fits & consequently his wife Eliza Hannah had to take in washing to make ends meet & eventually was caretaker for Martins Bank at Wearhead which came with an upstairs flat, where he died on 3rd February 1950 aged 57 years.