BORN HULL 1883. SON OF ROBERT BUXTON (1833-1891) & SARAH ANN JACKSON (1840-1888), OF 21 COURTNEY STREET, HULL.
HE MARRIED ADA TOOD (4/9/1880-1957), AT HULL, IN 1907. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR FOUR CHILDREN AT 7, WELTON TERRACE, AND 19, FREHOLD TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN, THOMAS ROBERT, ADA, EDITH AND FRANCES MARY. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER AND SHOP KEEPER.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL. PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/02/1917, AGED 34. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS WIDOW, ADA WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 28 SHILLINGS AND NINE PENCE, ON 27/08/1917.
First name:
JOSEPH
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/1064
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/02/1917
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
34
