BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JAMES LISTER (1862-1929) & MARY ANN LISTER (1863-1918), OF 5, VICTORIA VILLAS, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL (1919 MILITARY VOTERS ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A RULLYMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 148 LBS WEIGHT, 36-38 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, WESLEYAN RELIGION.
MARRIED ON 01/02/1912. HIS WIFE, GERTRUDE ANN ALLHANDS AND FOUR SONS, LIVED AT 21, FLEET STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). TWO OF THE SONS WEREFROM HER FIRST MARRIAGE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/10/1914. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 13/1478, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/4TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 29/09/1918, AGED 27. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
ALSO COMMEMORATED AT ST MARY CHURCH MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
HIS WIDOW WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY PENSION, OF 33 SHILLINGS AND 9 PENCE, ON 2ND JUNE 1919.
