Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the husband of Mary J. King.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
William King was born in 1884 in Croperdy, Oxfordshire. He was baptised the 16 mars 1884 at Banbury, Croperdy, Oxfordshire.
His father was George King 1848-1933, his mother as Sarah Ann Timms 1847 Croperdy, Oxfordshire of 6, Waterworks Road, Bardon Hill, Leicestershire..
He had a sister Isabel 1886-1919 and two brothers: Richard 1880-1915 and Andrew 1869-1931 William was married in 1889 in Leicester to Mary Jane King nee Love, and had a son Charles William 1910, born when they lived 28 Bardon Row, Bardon Hill, Leicestershire.
In 1901 William was a domestic gardener, and in 1911 he was a Census Ticket Checker.

He enlisted with the Army in Coalville and was killed in action on 22nd September 1918, aged 34 years.
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Submitted by F. Tilley 2016

Coalville Times article - Friday October 18th, 1918

LOCAL CASUALTIES

Private William King, of the Leicesters, is officially reported killed. He was resting in a dug-out when a shell fell on it and exploded. He leaves a widow and four children residing in Waterworks Road, Coalville. He was formerly a collier.

Coalville Times article - Friday January 31st, 1919

BARDON HILL

MEMORIAL SERVICE

A service in memory of Private William King and Harry Hill, of Bardon, who have made the supreme sacrifice, was held at St. Peter’s Church on Sunday night. There was a large congregation, including the officers of the “Granite” Friendly Society. Special psalms and hymns were sung, and suitable reference made to the sad event, also to the need of our prayers for those taking part in the Peace Conference, and for peace in the industrial world. The service was taken by Mr F. T. Bellward, honorary lay reader.

Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby, 14/6/2018