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STANLEY WILLINGHAM
BORN THORNGUMBALD 1897. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF MARY ANN TUTTON & GEORGE ALONZO WILLINGHAM, OF BURSTWICK, PATRINGTON. EMPLOYED AS A FARM LAD BEFORE THE WAR.
HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 20097 EAST YORKSHIRE YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 22ND MACHINE GUN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/10/1917, AGED 20. HE WAS MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 13/06/1918.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE THORNGUMBOLD WW1 VILLAGE MEMORIAL, WHERE 65 MEN SERVED AND 9 DIED IN WW1.
| Name | Stanley Willingham |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Thorngunbald, Yorkshire, 1897. Son of Mrs. M.A. Willingham of The Arched Lodge, Grumston, Aldbrough, Hull, and the late Mr. G. Willingham. |
| Death Date | 26 Oct 1917 |
| Death Place | Passchendaele - Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 22nd Company |
| Battalion | (Infantry) |
| Regimental Number | 9125 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 20097, E. Yorks Regt. Mentioned in Despatches. |
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