BORN SUTTON-ON-HULL 1884. SON OF ELIZABETH RUSSELL (1852-1929) & LATE WILLIAM M BLENKINSOP (1838-1888) OF 17 HAROLDS AVENUE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL,. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A BRICKLAYER’S LABOURER. HE BOARDED AT 10 IVY VILLAS, VICTOR STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/06/1917, AGED 33.
HE IS BURIED AT THE WULVERGHEM-LINDENHOEK ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SHARED BETWEEN HIS SISTERS, ELIZABETH, JANE, ADA AND EMMA, AND HIS BROTHER EDWARD BLENKINSOP. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS SISTER, ELIZABETH BLENKINSOP, AT 24, LONSDALE STREET, HULL.
First name:
JOSEPH RUSSELL
Regiment:
Military Number:
14552
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/06/1917
Place died:
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, west-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
33
