BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN W. & LIZZIE BASTOW, OF 100, SPRING STREET, HULL. HIS STEP BROTHER, CHARLES HARMAN & STEP SISTER ROSE HUNTER, LIVED AT 473, ANLABY ROAD.
A BOILERMAKER. HIS WIFE TERESA (O’BRIEN) LIVED AT, 113, ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 02/09/1914. HIS MEDICAL RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS NEARLY 5 FOOT 10 INCHES TALL, 161 LBS, 37.5 INCH CHEST, BLUEY GREY EYES, BROWN HAIR AND SALLOW COMPLEXION. HIS ARMY RECORDS SHOW THAT HE OVERSTAYED HIS PASS AT ALDERSHOT AND IN FRANCE ON 4 OCCASIONS. POSTED TO FRANCE – 17/10/1915. KILLED IN ACTION ON 1/04/1918, AGED 26. LISTED IN IRELAND WW1 CASUALTIES.
HIS NAME IS ONE OF 46 EMPLOYEES LISTED WITH ON THE IDEAL BOILERS AND RADIATOR WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR, NATIONAL AVENUE, HULL.
