William Lee's Story.
Birkenhead News 28 July 1917
YOUNG PRENTON SOLDIER MISSING BELIEVED KILLED.
Private W. L. Okell.
Mrs. Okell, who resides at 28, Elm Road North, Prenton, has received word that her son, Private W. L. Okell (Lewis gunner), of the King’s (Liverpool) Regiment, is reported missing in France since June 29th, and is now believed killed. In a letter to his mother the Captain of his company says :- “He was an exceptional man, and his loss will be felt not only by his company, amongst whom he was very popular, but also by the whole Battalion.”
Private Okell was 33 years of age, and was well-known in the district, as for some years he was the wicket keeper of the Oxton Cricket Club. He was a member of the staff of the Reliance Marine Insurance Co.