BORN HULL 1881. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY AKESTER & ALICE HAMILTON, OF 6 DEVON TERRACE, BURLEIGH STREET, HULL. SON OF A BARGE MAN. FROM A FAMILY THAT WORKED ON THE WATERWAYS AND RIVER HULL. IN 1911, HE WAS WORKING AS A LIGHTERMAN AND LIVING AT 3 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL.
HE MARRIED EDITH ELLEN ACKLAM (1879-1969), AT HULL, IN JANUARY 1903. HIS WIFE, EDITH ELLEN AND FOUR CHILDREN, ELSIE, SYDNEY, EDITH AND ETHEL, LIVED AT 66, CHURCH STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 14791, EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 14TH LIVERPOOL REGIMENT. DIED AT THESSALONIKI, GREECE, ON 30/8/1917, AGED 36. BURIED AT SALONIKA, GREECE.
HIS WIDOW, EDITH, REMARRIED ON 10/05/1918, TO ARTHUR AKESTER, A COUSIN OF HER HUSBAND. SHE MOVED TO 8 ALBANY TERRACE, WILLIAMSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
NOTE: 2/LT. GORDON AKESTER, 4TH EYR – 11 VICTORIA AVE. SAMUEL AKESTER – 63 GLENCOE STREET, HULL.
