Family Search: When William Henry White Goss was born on 10 November 1899, in Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Private Luke George White Goss Sr., was 25 and his mother, Ada Maria Page, was 23. He married Alice Provins on 16 June 1923, in Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States in 1981. He registered for military service in 1916. He died on 22 February 1981, at the age of 81, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.
Son of Luke George Goss Sr. (189837) and brother to Luke George Goss Jr. (189837).
Excerpt from IODE Books of Remembrance
Private William Henry Goss went overseas with the 186th Battalion March 28th,1917, and after training in Bramshott, proceeded to France about Christmas 1917, attached to the 1st Battalion.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 