BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF JOSEPH EDWIN & EMILY HALDENBY, OF 50, MYTON STREET & 1, HULLS PLACE, OSBORNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). BROTHER TO BLANCHE AND GLADYS. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/03/1916. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE ON 17/08/1917, AGED 18 YEARS, AND ONE MONTH. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, 130 LBS WEIGHT, SCAR ON LEFT EYE BROW. TRAVELLED FROM FOLKESTONE TO BOLONGNE. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 02/04/1918. SET TO ETAPLES. POSTED TO THE 8TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, ON 04/04/1918. HE WROTE TO HIS MOTHER ON THE 08/04/1918, AND WAS KILLED THE FOLLOWING DAY. HE HAD BEEN IN FRANCE FOR JUST A WEEK. SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 238 DAYS. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JOSEPH.
HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE OSBORNE STREET ROLL OF HONOUR (HDM 23/10/1916).
