BORN HULME, MANCHESTER, 1883. HE LIVED WITH AUNT AND UNCLE, JAMES AND ELLEN SMITTER, AT 5 WOODLAND VILLAS, RUSTENBURG STREET, HULL.
A FORMER JOINER, WORKING FOR EARLES SHIPYARD. HE WAS HUSBAND TO LUCY AND FATHER TO MURIEL & ALICE, AT 2 BELLE VUE, MIDDLEBERG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, 77TH FIELD AMBULANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/04/1918, AGED 35. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/05/1918. * HIS NAME IS LISTED ON WENLOCK BARRACKS ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, LUCY GERTRUDE BERRY. THEIR DAUGHTER, MURIEL DIED IN 1918 AGED 5.
2, BELLE VUE, MIDDLEBERG STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL WAS HIS PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS.
