BORN SUTTON-ON-HULL 1884. SON OF ELIZABETH RUSSELL (1852-1929) & LATE WILLIAM M BLENKINSOP (1838-1888) OF HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. A BRICKLAYER’S LABOURER. BOARDED AT 10 IVY VILLAS, VICTOR STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH COLDSTREAM GUARDS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/06/1917, AGED 33. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SHARED BETWEEN HIS SISTERS, ELIZABETH, JANE, ADA AND EMMA, AND HIS BROTHER EDWARD BLENKINSOP.
HE IS BURIED AT THE WULVERGHEM-LINDENHOEK ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM.
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
