BORN DRIFFIELD 1881. SON OF WILLIAM AND MATHILDA ROGERS. HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 13/09/1908. HIS WIFE THE LATE ELLEN RYAN (1879-1918) & THREE CHILDREN, JOSEPH, MARY AND ELLEN, LIVED AT 4 ALBERT TERRACE, TERRY STREET, HULL AND 7 THOMAS AVENUE, WESTMORELAND STREET (ARMY ADDRESS). A RULLYMAN AND COAL HAWKER. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY FOR 4 YEARS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 39-41 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 25/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. DISCHARGED 08/05/1916. DIED 23/10/1918. AGED 37. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 105 DAYS. HE IS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
First name:
JOSEPH WILLIAM
Military Number:
12/1429
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/10/1918
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
37
7 ALBERTS TERRACE, TERRY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
