Our database below is continuously being updated with information relating to Hull’s soldiers.
If you have anything you would like to share with us regarding these soldiers, please use the form within their record.
WILLIAM ERNEST BIRD
Kingston upon Hull HU3 3PQ
England
BORN NEWINGTON, 1884. SON OF GEORGE BIRD (1853-1929) AND SARAH BEST (1855-1935), OF 22, GLASGOW STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. THREE SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR.
A FORMER HULL POLICEMAN ON THE HULL MIDLAND STREET & PORTER STREET PATROL AND FORMER SOLDIER. HE MARRIED ELSIE ELIZABETH PORTER, AT HULL IN 1914. SHE LIVED AT 226, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE WAS RECALLED TO THE 2ND COLDSTREAM GUARDS AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. POSTED TO FRANCE, WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 26/10/1914, AGED 30. HE LEFT WIDOW ELSIE & DAUGHTER, ELSIE GERTRUDE, BORN ON 27/12/1914.
He is commemorated on the Hull City Police Force Memorial Plaque, Priory road Police station, Hull, unveiled on 21st January 1923.
HIS BROTHER, CSM, ALBERT BIRD, 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS, WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL, AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/09/1918, AGED 27.
WILLIAM AND ALBERT BIRD ARE REMEMBERED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, WW1 MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
HIS OTHER BROTHER , GEORGE BIRD, 1ST NORTHANTS WAS ALSO KILLED IN ACTION.
Ieper 8902
Vlaanderen
Do you have any information to share?
We always welcome users to share information about soldiers in our database. If you notice any errors or have anything additional to add, please use our form below.