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William was born in Beverley the 22 Jul 1890 and baptised at Beverley Minster the 1 May 1892, the son of John Squires and Ann, both from Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk. They moved to Beverley in the mid-1870s, John was a tanner’s labourer but by 1911 he was a pork butcher. The family had lived on Keldgate and then by 1891 were living in Eastgate, Beverley.
William worked in Hull as a rulleyman and by 1911 he was lodging at 72 Taunton Road, Hull. In 1914 he married Ethel Bell at St John's Newland Hull, their only child, Marjorie, was born in 1914.
William enlisted for army service on 27 Jul 1915, he served as a driver in the Royal Engineers and his initial service number indicates that he possibly joined a territorial force in the RE that dealt with signals. He was badly wounded towards the end of the war and had to be invalided out of the army due to unknown wounds on the 11 Oct 1918, shortly before the end of the war and awarded a Silver Badge. He was also awarded the War and Victory Medals.
William died in Hull in 1925 aged 34. His wife did not remarry and in 1939 she was living at 8 Brooklyn Terrace, Hull.
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