PRIVATE WILLIAM EDWIN HALE
DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY
20TH OCTOBER 1917 AGE 19
BURIED: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, FRANCE
William Hale died of wounds in a base hospital in Boulogne. There's no indication of when he was wounded or of the nature of his wounds - other than the implication made by his mother on his headstone inscription that by his death he would be free from pain ... having done his earthly duty.