William Archer
Date of birth: 1895
Date of death: 4.10.1915
Area: Pontefract
Regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Family information: Son of Fred and Alice Archer nee Arundel
Rank: Private
Service number: 1899
War Service
William was in the 5th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry when he died. He was a Private with the service number 1899. He died on 4th October 1915 aged 20 and is buried at Lijssenthoek Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium.
Family Life
William was born in 1895 to Fred and Alice Archer nee Arundel of 40, Queen Street, Pontefract. By the time of the 1901 census they had moved to Primrose Cottage and in 1911 had moved again, this time to Mill Dam, Pontefract. He had a brother Harry.