BORN HULL 1895. SON OF SAMUEL J & MARIA SHIELDS, OF 14 GEORGES AVENUE, LAKE STREET, HULL, (1901 CENSUS) AND 7, ST. HILDA”S TERRACE, SYMONS STREET, HULL. A SAW MILLER AT RECKITT’S, DANSOM LANE, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 35-38 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE JOINED THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS, ON 15/04/1913.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 05/08/1914. WENT TO FRANCE ON 17/04/1915 WITH COLONEL, SHAW’S ‘FIGHTING FOURTHS’. HE WAS ADMIITED TO HOSPITAL, ON 14/06/1916, WITH SCABIES AND BOILS. RETURNED TO ENGLAND FOR THREE MONTH. POSTED TO FRANCE AGAIN, ON 27/09/1916. FINED FOR LOSING A PAIR OF WIRE CUTTERS IN THE FIELD. TRANSFERRED TO THE 13TH EYR, ON 11/10/1916. HE WAS CAPTURED ON 13/11/1916. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 18/11/1916, AGED 21. BURIED AT SERRE ROAD CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON RECKITT’S WW1 BOYS CLUB ROLL OF HONOUR.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST MARK’S STREET MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 23RD FEBRUARY 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.
