BORN BISHOPTHORP, YORK 1880. SON OF THOMAS AND ALICE MACKERETH.
HIS WIFE EMILY MACKERETH (BORN 23 APR 1875) AND SEVEN CHILDREN, LIVED AT 357 , HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOUR DEPENDENT CHILDREN (EMILY STEEL, ALICE, EDWIN AND JOHN MACKERETH BORN BETWEEN 1904-1912).
HE WORKED AS A LOCOMOTIVE FITTER FOR NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED, HULL. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 125070, ROYAL ENGINEERS RAILWAY DIVISION. HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA, ON 10/02/1919, AGED 39.
HE IS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY, GRAVE REF: 543. 52397. AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 36/3 SHILLINGS.
HIS BROTHER, LANCE CORPORAL, A. MACKERETH, SERVED WITH THE AUSTRALIANS AND WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM). (HULL DAILY MAIL 21/09/1918)
First name:
EDWIN
Military Number:
125070
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
10/02/1919
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
39
