BORN GREAT YARMOUTH 16/07/1897. SON OF CHARLES HERBERT SNOWLEY (1860-1931), AND ELLEN LAVINIA POWLEY (1862-1945), OF 63, ALEXANDER STREET, SPRING BANK, HULL & 15, CHARLOTTE TERRACE, CLARENDON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 25/10/1915. EX 4690 4TH EYR. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 09/04/1916. HE SERVED WITH THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN THE ARM, ON 15/09/1916, AND SENT TO ETAPLES. RETURNED TO HIS UNIT ON 30/10/1916. REPORTED MISSING. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT LANGEMARK, ON 09/10/1917, AGED 19. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY, FOR 1 YEAR AND 350 DAYS.
UNMARRIED, HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELLEN. THEY INCLUDED, CARDS, LETTER, PHOTOS, DISC, 2 WALLETS, SPECTACLES IN A CASE, METAL CIGARETTE CASE, A 9 CT GOLD RING (BROKEN), A KEY, A PURSE, AND A CAP BADGE.
HE LEFT A BROTHER, ALFRED, AND SISTERS, LAURA, FLORENCE AND EMMA SNOWLEY. HIS OTHER BROTHER, PRIVATE, CHARLES ALFRED SNOWLEY, 13/218, 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, HAD DIED ON 28/01/1917, AGED 29.
