Also Served: William Stockley - William STOCKLEY
19 Kemble Street, Prescot Pte 3778, 3/5th Bn, South Lancashire regiment, renumbered in 1917 to 241449. He was listed in the Prescot Reporter in May 1915 as one of the Prescot men serving with HM Forces.
William attested to the South Lancs in St Helens on 15th May 1915, aged 35, embarking for France on 21st September 1915 with the 1/5th Battalion reinforcement draft. His next of kin was listed as his mother Elizabeth, of the Alms Houses, Prescot.
In April 1917, he suffered an accidental gun shot wound to the chin, an injury that was classified as 'trivial' by the inspecting doctor. The wound appears to have been caused in some way when he was stoking an incinerator.
He was granted 14 days leave to the UK on 12th December 1918, returning to his unit on Christmas Day.
William then once again returned to the UK on 15th January 1919 and was demobilized on 13th February 1919, giving his address as 6, Albert Street, Prescot. His medal entitlement was the 1914 Star, British War Medal and Victory medal, and he received these on 27th September 1921 (Star only) and 18th November 1921.
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