BORN HULL 1893. KNOWN AS ‘JACK’. SON OF WILLIAM BETTINSON (1855-1912) AND ALICE BELL (1862-1943), OF 1 GOODWIN TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST. HIS FINANCEE WAS JENNIE KIRBY.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 16/11/1914. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN EGYPT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 23. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 112 DAYS. BURIED AT EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, ON THE SOMME.
HIS ONLY BROTHER, PRIVATE, WILLIAM BETTINSON, 10153, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 12/05/1917, AGED 22. THEIR ARMY EFFECTS WERE BOTH LEFT TO THEIR MOTHER, ALICE.
