BORN HULL 1879. SON OF MARY ELIZABETH WYATT (1861-1930) OF 55, GIBSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 296, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (ARMY RECORS ADDRESS). HIS FATHER UNKNOWN. HIS MOTHER HAD MARRIED THREE TIMES. HE HAD THREE HALF BROTHERS AND TWO HALF SISTERS.
HE MARRIED, SARAH ANN EDWARDS (born 13/7/1879-1929), AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, HULL, ON 27/06/1898, AGED 19. THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN (JOHN HENRY, DORIS MARY, SAMUEL, GEORGE & ELSIE MARGARET). THEY LIVED AT 68, OXFORD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS); 3, TEMPERENCE BUILDINGS SWANN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 15, VERENDAH AVENUE, SOMERSCALES STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE WAS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 120 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, FAIR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, SCAR OF LEFT LTTLE FINGER, ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 04/11/1914. SERVED WITH THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 07/08/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/07/1916, AGED 37. COMMEMORATED ON THE THEIPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 249 DAYS.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, SARAH ANN, AT 3, TEMPERENCE BUILDINGS SWANN STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS).
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
