William John Stannard

A Private with the 2/6th (Cyclist) Battalion, William died on 27th of July 1916 at the age of 32.

William was born at Cookley, Suffolk, in 1884, a son of John and Emily Stannard. In 1891 his family lived at 3 Edinburgh Road. By 1901 they were living at 7 Ipswich Road and William was a journeyman blacksmith.

In 1907 William married Lily Emma Field. There wedding seems to have taken place at Frostenden. In 1911 they lived at 41 Sussex Road and William was a tramway motorman for Lowestoft Borough Council. Later Lily lived at 17 Morton Road.

William volunteered and enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft in October 1914. He served with the 2/6th (Cyclist) Battalion Suffolk Regiment, service number 1590. He did not serve overseas. 

William died, at Lincoln Hospital, from pleurisy and pericarditis.