BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST SON SON OF BETSEY MURDEN & THE LATE GEORGE DANIEL OF 11 SOUTHCOATES TERRACE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HIS MOTHER RE-MARRIED. HE LIVED WITH THREE STEP BROTHERS AND THREE STEP SISTERS. A DRAPER’S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 18/08/1916, AGED 17 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 12/10/1917. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S (WEST RIDING REGIMENT). WOUNDED IN ACTION. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 18/04/1918, AGED 19. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 244 DAYS.
HE IS BURIED AT WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “A LOVING SON A BROTHER KIND A FAITHFUL FRIEND TO THOSE IN NEED”.
NOTE: HIS SURNAME IS SPELT “DANIELS” IN CWGC RECORDS.
