William Hesketh was born in 1895.

He was commanding officer for the 1st Anti-Aircraft Command in the years 1941-1942 then became commanding officer of the 45th Coast Artillery Brigade.

He was commanding officer of the 46th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade during the years of 1942-1944. He was then the Commandant of the Anti-Aircraft Replacement Training Center at Camp Stewart from 1944-1945.

He was the assistant to Deputy Military Governor at the headquarters in Berlin.

He retired from the military in 1948 and died in 1986.