BORN HULL 1888. SON OF DANVERS HART (1865-1932) & ELIZABETH HANNAH PEARSON (1864 – ), OF HESSLE.
MARRIED AT ST JOHNS, BEVERLEY, 12 MAY 1909. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE KATE LEE (1888-1963) & 4 CHILDREN, ROBERT, GEORGE, CHARLES AND CATHERINE. LIVED AT 11. SPARKMILL TERRACE, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS A DOCK LABOURER, LIVING AT 7, WHITFIELD TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS & ARMY ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10 INCHES TALL, 154 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, TATTOOS ON BOTH FOREARMS. CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 16 SEPT 1914. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE 1ST HULL HEAVY BATTERY. POSTED TO EAST AFRICA, ON 7 FEB 1916. QUALIFIED AS A SIGNALLER (2ND CLASS). HAD NINE ATTACKS OF NALARIA. RETURNED TO ENGLAND WITH SICKNESS ON 11 APRIL 1917. DISCHARGED AS PHYSICALLY UNFIT, ON 17 MAY 1917. SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 245 DAYS. DIED OF HEART STRAIN, ON 24 SEPT 1918., AGED 30.
HIS DAUGHTER, CATHERINE DIED IN 1917, AGED 2. HIS WIDOW WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 29/7 SHILLINGS, ON 18 DEC 1918, FOR HER THREE CHILDREN.
