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KENNETH BOLTON SCUDDER
HULL HU8 8DT
BORN CANNING TOWN, ESSEX, 10/08/1895. SON OF JOHN SCUDDER (1870-1936) AND ETHEL BOLTON, OF 2, BEEHIVE COTTAGE, BRENTWOOD ROAD, HORNCHURCH, ESSEX.
HE ENLISTED AT CARDIFF, WHERE HE WORKED AS A COAL COLLIER. SERVED AS A PRIVATE, IN THE 2ND WELSH REGIMENT. SOLDIER'S DIED RECORDS STATE THAT HE LIVED IN HULL & HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE WILMINGTON ROLL OF HONOUR AS KILLED.
HE WAS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF LOOS, ON 26/09/1915, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN. HIS FATHER WAS A RULLY MAN AND BOARDED WITH THE TYLER FAMILY AT 3, MAXWELL TERRACE, MAXWELL STREET , HULL (1911 CENSUS).
Loos-en-Gohelle 62750
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