1879 Born Jul/Sept Trumpington, Cambs
1881 census
1891 cenus at Cherry Hinton, Cambs
He then disappears until 1914
1914 Sep enlisted
1915 May 4 Landed France
1917 Jan 24 Entered hospital with "NYD" (not yet diagnosed) for 4 days befor being transferred out
1918 Jun 20 married
1919 Mar 1. Shot himself with a service rifle at the Military Barracks, Kilkenny. Aged 39 (from GRO entry)
Irish GRO ref for death cert. Vol 3. p 396. Not available online
After the death of William, Pauline remarried and became Mrs Rushbrook, and lived in New Zealand.There is a half page article on his death and inquest in the Kilkenny Moderator and Leinster Advertiser,
Cemetery: Kilkenny (St John) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Kilkenny.
British Soldiers died in Ireland