Private 238156 William Wills
Regiment/Unit: Lancashire Fusiliers - 19th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 3283, S Lancs Regt.
Age at death: 27
Date of death: 13th of October 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Thatto Heath, St Helens
Burial / Memorial: Haspres Coppice Cemetery Haspres - A. 61.
Family details:
Stepmother & sole legatee: Eliza Ann
Census details:
1901 - 9 years old William is living at 6 Leicester Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens with parents William (31), Jane (30) and five siblings: John (7), Alice A (5), Margaret E (4), Thomas (2), Barbara (8 Mths). 1911 - Sees 20 years old 'Coal Miner - Hewer' William living at 3 Leicester Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens with father William Wills (41), stepmother Eliza Ann Wills (37), six full siblings: John Wills (18), Margaret Wills (14), Thomas Wills (12), Barbara Wills (10), Lizzie Wills (6), Jane Wills (4) and five step siblings: John David Roberts (14), Winnifred Roberts (13), Mary Ann Roberts (10), Hugh Roberts (8), James Roberts (5).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=12]Remembered On the Ormskirk Street Memorial, St Helens.[/url] Buried beside [cas=128]John Bate[/cas] & [cas=2624]Thomas Smart[/cas] Age taken from census.
[url=lmem.php?lmem=12]Remembered On the Ormskirk Street Memorial, St Helens.[/url] Buried beside [cas=128]John Bate[/cas] & [cas=2624]Thomas Smart[/cas] Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/sppics/T_Smart_W_Wills_J_Bate_LF.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private William Wills at Haspres Coppice Cemetery, Haspres
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
