BORN HULL 1889. KNOWN AS ‘JOEL’. SON OF JOHN JAMES BETTS AND MARY JACKMAN, OF 10 MILLER TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL AND 58, CLIFTON TERRACE, DAY STREET, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL.
HUSBAND OF LILY BETTS (BORN 11TH MAY 1890) AT 1 HANNAH’S TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, GLADYS LILIAN AND ELSIE. THEY MOVED TO 3, ALBERT TERRACE, GREEN LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS WIDOW RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 18 SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE, ON 22ND JANUARY 1917.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE HULL PALS WITH HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM, AND BOTH SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1916, AGED 27.
HIS PHOTO APPEARED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL. THE FAMILY’S ADDRESS WAS REPORTED AS 58 CLIFTON TERRACE, DAY STREET, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL
HIS OLDER BROTHER, PRIVATE, WILLIAM BETTS, 13TH EYR WAS KILLED ON THE 13TH NOVEMBER 1916, AGED 31.
