BORN HULL 1875. SON OF JOSEPH E. & JANE ELIZABETH BLYTH. A FORMER RESERVIST FROM 10/1/1910, RECALLED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. DIED OF HEART FAILURE AT RETFORD MILITARY HOSPITAL. BURIED HULL WITH FULL MILITARY HONOURS.
HE IS BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY WITH HIS WIFE’S NAME ON THE GRAVE.
HE WAS PREVIOUSLY A WHARF FOREMAN FOR THE NORTH EAST RAILWAYS.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 9TH DECEMBER 1915.
HE LEFT A WIDOW, HILDA MAUD BLYTH AT 27, ROSEBERRY STREET, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL. SHE WAS NOT AWARDED A PENSION UNTIL 1917 DUE TO JOSEPH BLYTH NOT DYING ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
First name:
JOSEPH THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
1023
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
05/12/1915
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
40
