Rifleman - Signaller 84963 William Welsby

The St Helens Reporter
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: The King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 2nd/6th Bn.
Theatre of War: France and Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: M/286875, Royal Army Service Corps (M.T.).

Age at death: 20
Date of death: 17th of September 1918 (Tuesday)
Born: Rainhill, Lancs
Resided: Rainhill, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: St Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen - R. II. K. 16.

Family details:
Son of William and Frances Mary Welsby, of Market St., Rainhill, Liverpool.

Census details:
1901 - 2 years old William is living at 8 Market Street, Rainhill with parents William (31), Frances M (24). Also at the address is servant Annie Wilshaw (16). 1911 - Sees 12 years old schoolboy William living at Market Street, Rainhill with parents William (42), Frances (34) and three siblings: Ernest (9), Harry (6), John (3).

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