One of the last casualties to die in the Great War, William died whilst he was stationed in Cologne, Germany in an accident.  He had grown up on Victoria Avenue, with his mother Elizabeth and had been conscripted in 1916 and sworn into the Royal Army Service Corps, where after training he was sent to ‘R’ Anti-Aircraft Battery, then in France.  He served there for the next two years without being wounded, but three months after the armistice died whilst he was based in Cologne.  He was buried in Cologne Southern Germany Cemetery.