William Edward's Story.
Birkenhead News 22 September 1917DEATH FROM WOUNDS.
The sad news has recently been received by Mr. and Mrs. Rowley, lately residing at 73, the Woodlands, Birkenhead, that their youngest son, Private William Edward Rowley, of the 11th Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment Pioneers, died of wounds on the 8th inst. No other details are as yet to hand. The young soldier, who was respected by all who knew him, was formerly employed in the timekeeper’s office at Messrs. Cammell Laird and Co.’s, and volunteered for the Army soon after the outbreak of war. He had been in France over two years, and was home on leave for the first time last Whit week.
William Rowley’s photograph and newspaper article by Chris Booth.