BORN HULL 22/09/1890. AT THE SCULCOATES UNION WORKHOUSE. SON OF GEORGE PRIESTLEY WAITES (1852-1929) AND MINNIE BLOWMAN (1862-1949), OF 17, ROSEDENE AVENUE, RAGLAN STREET, HULL. A TAILOR.
HE MARRIED LAURA RACHEL HARE BOAST (1893-1937), AT HULL, IN 1912. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS. THEY LIVED AT 78, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, 35, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL AND 10, GLENCOE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 2379, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED AS 150347, TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 30/10/1918, AGED 30. HE IS BURIED AT RAMILLIES BRITISH CEMETERY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 13/11/1918.
HIS UNCLE, (HIS MOTHER’S BROTHER), PRIVATE, ARTHUR BLOWMAN, 139212, 31ST MACHINE GUN CORPS, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/05/1918, AGED 30. SHE HAD LOST HER BROTHER AND SON, IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR.
