William enlisted on 5th February 1915 and was embodied into the East Anglian Casualty Clearing Station, Territorial Force. He was 25 years and 1 month old; and was living at 10 Upper Roman Road, Chelmsford at the time. He entered the war in Egypt on 11th August 1915. William's body was never found and was believed to have drowned on the sinking of H.M.T. "Royal Edward" on passage from Alexandria to Gallipoli. He was the son of Mary Redman Boness of London