Lance Corporal 24049, 7th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Killed in action 19 September 1916. Aged 22. Born 17 July 1894 in Greenodd, Lancashire, enlisted Kendal. Worked as a Clerk for London and North Western Railway in the Goods Department, Windermere Station. Son of William Johnstone King and Sarah King. In the 1901 census he was the son of William James and Sarah King, aged 6, born Egton, Lancashire, resident Penny Bridge, Pennybridge, Egton with Newland, Ulverston, Lancashire. Admitted to Ulverston Victoria Grammar/High School, Ulveston, Lancashire 20 August 1907, son of William James King, left 22 July 1910 to become a Railway Clerk. In the 1911 census he was the son of William James and Sarah King, aged 16, born Egton, Lancashire, a Railway Clerk, resident Penny Bridge, Greenodd, Ulverston, Egton with Newland, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A.