BORN HULL 1896. HULL PAL. SON OF JAMES DOSSOR (1873-1938) & EDITH ALLEN (1875-1947), OF 5, HUTT STREET, SPRING BANK, AND 85, BELVOIR STREET, HULL. ELDEST OF 3 CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK.
HE MARRIED EMMA WILKINSON (1888-1918) ON 16/11/1914, IN HULL. THEIR SON STANLEY WAS BORN 16/5/1915.
ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 08/12/1914, GIVING THE AGE 21 YEARS AND 1 MONTH. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 130 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST.SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. APPOINTED LANCE CORPORAL, ON 02/08/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EMMA AND CHILD AT 1, CHATSWORTH AVENUE, WELBECK STREET, HULL, AND THEN TO JAMES DOSSER, GUARDIAN OF HIS CHILD. AWARDED WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 18/6 SHILLINGS.
