Cartwright, Alfred

BORN 1882. HIS WIFE, ANNIE ELIZABETH WATKINSON (BORN 4/12/18880) AT 33, AIRLIE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ALSO LIVED AT 11, CRYSTAL AVENUE, WHARRAM STREET, HULL (1915 ANRMY ADDRESS).

HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST,

HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11TH DECEMBER 1915. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 2ND JUNE 1916. SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF CANCER. HE HAD BEEN ILL FOR SEVEN MONTHS. HE DIED OF CANCER, AT HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY, ON 25/02/1917, AGED 35. BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.

HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE E. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, SIDNEY, EDNA GERTRUSE AND MAY, BORN BETWEEN 1902-1913.

HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, WW1 MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL.

Name Alfred Cartwright
Birth Place Hull, 1882
Death Date 25 Feb 1917
Death Place Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Enlistment Place Hull
Rank Private
Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment
Battalion 3rd Battalion
Regimental Number 25000
Type of Casualty Died
Theatre of War Home – Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK

First name:
ALFRED
Military Number:
25000
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/02/1917
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
35
33 , AIRLIE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried