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Dvr. William Hugill Exelby
British Army 72nd Field Ambulance Corps Army Service Corps
from:Stokesley
William Exelby was one of four brothers to serve during the Great War. He attested at Stokesley on 6th January, 1915, stating his occupation as farm labourer. He was 20 years and 9 months old, 5'9" and weighed 136.5lb with a chest measurement of 37.5" and good physical development when he enlisted in January 1915. William trained as a driver with the Army Service Corps at Bradford and he was posted to France as an ambulance driver, leaving Southampton for le Havre where he arrived on 1st September 1915. He served 72nd Field Ambulance, attached to 24th Division. After the war William returned home to Stokesley.

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