BORN RUTLAND, LEICESTERSHIRE 1892. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF SAMUEL & ELIZA BAINES ATTHIS CWGC ADDRESS. A GENERAL OIL MILL LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 21/12/1914, AGED 22. JOINED THE 12TH EYR (HULL PALS). ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 29/02/1916. WOUNDED BY RIFLE GRENADE TO RIGHT ARM, FACE, WRIST AND LEFT THIGH, ON 13/09/1916. DIED OF WOUNDS, 26/08/1916, AGED 26. HE HAD SERVED FOR THREE YEARS AND 249 DAYS.
BURIED WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HIS COUNTRY CALLED HE ANSWERED WITH HIS LIFE”
First name:
JOSEPH
Regiment:
Military Number:
12/1216
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/08/1918
Place died:
warlencourt british cemetery france
Age:
26
14 ALPHA AVENUE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
