BORN HULL 07/10/1885. LIVED HULL. SON OF JAMES (1853-1903) & SARAH ANN CUMMINGS (1853-1890) OF 4 WHITBY GROVE, RHODES STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A FISHERMAN. BROWN EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, FAIR COMPLEXION, 5 FOOT, 2.5 INCH ES TALL, 120 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, TATTOOS ON BOTH FOREARMS, INCLUDING THE NAME “ADA”. HE ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY, ON 17/08/1914. SERVED WITH THE 6TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT FOR THE DARDENELLES, ON 01/07/1915. LANDED ON 18/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 29. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 358 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MRS MARY JANE BRANKLING AT 64 RUSSELL STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE LEFT SISTER, MRS HILDA NELSON, AT 4 WOODBINE COTTAGE, REGENT STREET, HULL.
HIS STEP BROTHER, PRIVATE, WILLIAM BRANKLING, SERVED AS 5482 YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, 34848, KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY, AND 136533, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. HE ALSO DIED IN 1915, AGED 48.
