BORN SPROATLEY, YORKS 1898. SON OF JOHN & MARY ANNE BRANTON, SWINE & 48 VICTOR STREET, HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A FARM HORSEMAN. HE HAD ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 14/10/1916, BUT WAS NOT MOBILISED UNTIL 07/03/1917, AGED 17 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. HIS ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHES TALL, 138 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH […]
