William Bagnall born c. 1862

William Bagnall was born in Ireland ( probably Rahugh, Westmeath) in about 1862 and was the oldest of James Bagnall and Susan Judge’s children.
William married Mary Ann Burrows in 1887 and the couple settled in Hetton Downs where William was employed as a hewer at the local pit.
By 1901 they had three children; Elizabeth 11, Jane 8 and William aged 5. Living with them at 297 Quarry Row, Hetton Downs was William’s unmarried brother Samuel Bagnall who was also employed as a coalminer.
William's son, William, enlisted in the British Army in December 1915 but was not sent to France until 1918. The Army papers are rather difficult to interpret but it appears he spent the second half of 1918 in France and was then posted to Mullingar in Ireland in March 1919 before being demobbed in October of that year. He gave his father's address as 10 Quarry Row, Hetton Downs. William served as a private (Pte. 51592) in the 1st battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment.