1900 Jul 1. born Manchester, Lancashire
1901 census in Nottingham
1918 Jul 1 enlists in Royal Navy
1919 Dec 25 Free discharge
1921 Jul 4. enlisted in RIC with # 82301. Engine Cleaner & ex-Sailor
1921 Sep 7. posted Kilkenny
1922 .Feb 10. disbanded
1922 Mar 28 enlisted as a Constable in Paletine Gendarmerie
1923 Apr 23 arrives UK from Palestine. He is a Policeman and from Lenton Sand, Nottingham
1923 Married in Edmunton, Middlesex to Queenie Coulson (1901–)
1938 Dec 28 arrived UK from USA with wife and 5 children. He is a Contractor and intends staying in UK
1939 Register with his wife Queenie at 9 Hartington Estate, Gedling. He is an engineer at Royal Ordnance Factory
The family returned to Canada after WW2 and he was still alive in 1953
1962 Feb 21 his wife Queenie died (aged 60) Ontario, Canada
1977 Mar 14 William was resident in Altrincham, Cheshire (now Greater Manchester) at his death. There is a probate