BORN ORMASTON, DERBY 06/12/1886. SON OF WILLIAM DUMELOW (1852-1925) AND MARY ANN TOWLE (1857-1924), OF ORMASTON, DERBY. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN APRIL 1915. HIS WIFE, MAUDE MARY PORTER (1883-1977), LIVED AT 111 , PLANE STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER SOLDIER WITH THE 1ST KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED AS A TERRITORIAL AND WORKED AS A RAILWAY LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED AT DERBY. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE 3RD KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE ARTILLERY IN FRANCE FROM 25/08/1914. DIED OF A RUPTURED HEART, AT PATRINGTON, ON 29/07/1916, AGED 29. BURIED AT RIMSWELL (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, YORKSHIRE. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND DAUGHTER, WINIFRED (1916-1967), WHO MOVED TO 13 WALLIKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S WALLIKER STREET MEMORIAL, HULL.
