Notts Free Press, 8th February 1918
BILLS W. J.
William James Bills
Lance Corporal 39170
4th Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment
Notts Free Press, 8th February 1918
William James Bills died on Tuesday 22nd January 1918, aged 26, and was buried at the VAULX AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France.
He was born during 1891 at South Normanton, Derbys, to parents William James & Hannah Bills. William Bills Snr. was a Coal Miner, and a native of Old Hill, Staffordshire, who married Hannah Moore in 1888.
Notts Free Press, 8th February 1918
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Bills, Lance Corporal William John, South Staffords.*
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
South Staffordshire Regiment’
BILLS
William James. Born Normanton, Derbys,
enlisted Mansfield, Notts (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts). 4th Special
Reserve Bn., South Staffordshire Regt. Private 39170, Killed in Action, France & Flanders,
Research by Heather Faulkes
*There are many errors of this type in this source.
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