BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM HARMER & LOUISE WOOTON, OF HULL. HIS FATHER DIED IN 1905 AND HIS MOTHER IN 1907. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN, THREE SISTERS AND A BROTHER CALLED ROBERT. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR AUNT AND UNCLE HARRIET ANN RUTTER AND JASPER RUTTER, AT 80, EDGAR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). WORKED AS A NORTHEASTERN RAILWAY PORTER AND CHAIN LAD.
HE ENLISTED HULL IN THE RAILWAY PALS – 17TH NFUS, ON 15/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 6 FOOT TALL, 120 LBS, 36 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, DARK COMPLEXION, DARK BROWN HAIR AND ‘GOOD’ CHARACTER. DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS, CONTACTED WHILE SLEEPING IN A DAMP SHED DURING TRAINING AT EASINGTON. DISCHARGED AS PERMANENTLY UNFIT. BURIED IN HULL SPRING BANK CEMETERY.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE EDGAR STREET SHRINE. Hull Daily Mail 03 October 1916
