Thy will be done
Son of John Robert and Elizabeth Lishman, of 2, Ritson's Rd., Blackhill, Co. Durham.
Paul Heatherington has submitted the following:-
William was born in Blackhill in the summer of 1897. He was the third son in a family of five boys. His brothers were named John, Hugh, Edward and Robert. Their father was John Robert Lishman, a joiner, their mother, Elizabeth (née Brown), born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
In 1911, the family were living at 20 John Street, Blackhill.
William enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers and served as a Private. He died of wounds on the 5th November 1918 and is buried at Premont British Cemetery.
William Lishman is remembered at Shotley Bridge on S27.03
