BORN HULL 1887. SON OF NORAH KELLY (1858-1905) AND EDWARD ROBERTS OF 240 BEVERLEY ROAD AND AT 13 , DERBY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION AND MILITARY ADDRESS). A TATTERS LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 5 INCHES TALL. 141 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, A SLIGHT SPEECH IMPEDIMENT.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 28/11/1914, AGED 27. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT, AND ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 08/03/1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, 18/07/1916, AGED 29. HE HAD SERVED FOR ONE YEAR AND 234 DAYS. BURIED AT MELVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HE LEFT SIBLINGS JOHN, KATHLEEN & PAULINE AT THIS ADDRESS -13 DERBY STREET, HULL.
HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO BOTH OF HIS SISTERS.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PRIVATE, EDWARD ANTHONY ROBERTS,11105, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, HAD DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 02/12/1915, AGED 21. BOTH BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST CHARLES BORREMEO CATHOLIC CHURCH, JARRATT STREET, HULL
