BORN WINTERTON, LINCS 12/03/1875. SON OF JOHN & SARAH ANN. EMPLOYED AS A GENERAL LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN HULL ON 17/02/1900. HIS WIFE, FLORENCE (FENWICK), LIVED AT 6 THORNHILL AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS)AND AT 9 TEMPERANCE BUILDINGS, SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD THREE SONS, HARRY, GEORGE AND FRED AND THREE DAUGHTERS, ENID, LAURA AND LENA.
HE ENLISTED HULL. TRANSFERRED TO ROYAL AIR FORCE, ON 18/08/1918. DIED OF INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA, WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE, ON 22/01/1919, AGED 44. BURIED HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
HIS WIDOW, FLORRIE AND SIX CHILDREN WERE AWARDED A WEEKLY PENSION, OF 42 SHILLINGS, FROM 23/07/1919.