William enlisted on 17th February 1913. He was 17 years and 5 months old, and a Clerk by trade. He entered the war in Egypt on 12th November 1914. On 4th August 1915 he received a gun shot wound to the head but died two days later from his wound. He was the son of Elizabeth Dibmon of 23 Ludlow Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester.