BORN HULL 1889. SON OF SAMUEL HENRY JORDAN (1846-1904), AND SUSAN HOOPER (1846-1924), OF 240, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL.
HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS, WAS 7, TOGO CRESCENT, EASTBOURNE STREET, HULL. A CLERK.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 29/06/1915, AGED 25 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. SERVED WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL COMMERCIALS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST, 133 LBS WEIGHT. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 16/04/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 8TH BATTALION, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/7/1916, AGED 27. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 27 DAYS. A SINGLE MAN. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SUSAN, WHO MOVED TO 240, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL
A SINGLE MAN, HE LEFT OLDER BROTHERS, SYDNEY AND SAMUEL AND ELDER SISTER, SUSAN, ALL LIVING IN HULL.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL, ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL.
