BORN HULL 1891. HE WAS A THIRD HAND, LOST AT SEA ON A HULL TRAWLER. HE LEFT A WIDOW GERTRUDE WATSON AND AN INFANT CHILD AT 11 LIZZIES GROVE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD AND HAD BEEN SAILING OUT OF HULL ON TRAWLERS, SINCE HIS YOUTH. HE IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM ROLL OF HONOUR.
THERE IS NO CWGC OR SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 4TH MAY 1916. *
First name:
JOSEPH
Rank:
3rd Hand
Date Died
19/04/1916
Place died:
Sea
Age:
25
