BORN HULL 1873. ONLY SON OF EDWARD PADEN (1848-1926) & MARY ANN FLANAGAN (1852-1926) OF 35, WATERHOUSE LANE, HULL. HSI PARENTS WERE FROM HULL AND MARRIED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, HULL.
HE MARRIED, ELLEN SMURTHWAITE, AT HULL, ON 30/12/1901. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN (LEO & MARGERY) AND LIVED AT 7, ADA’S AVENUE, ENA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS AN INSURANCE AGENT (1991 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. SERVED IN THE IMPERIAL EGYPTIAN FORCE. APPOINTED COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR. HE DIED OF HEAT STROKE, IN IRAQ, ON 23/07/1917, AGED 44. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE BASRA WAR MEMORIAL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ELLEN.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
ALSO RECORDED ON THE EAST RIDING RE’S MEMORIAL TABLET AT HULL MINSTER.
