BORN HULL 25/04/1891. SON OF MICHAEL BRENNAN (1866-1933) & ELLEN HARAN (1868-1943), OF 9, CHARLES SQUARE, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 8, GIBSON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1, CHRISTOPHER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A GROCER, BORN IN COUNTY MAYO, IRELAND. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. THREE SONS WERE LOST IN THE WW1. HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVED 26 SCOTT STREET.
HE MARRIED MARGARET STAMMERS, AT ST CHARLES CHURCH, HULL, ON 02/04/1911. THEY HAD ONE SON, MARK, BORN ON 30/06/1916 AND LIVED AT 121, WALKER STREET, HULL AND 3, HEALEY’S BUILDINGS, VAUXHALL GROVE, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED ON THE DOCKS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 01/09/1915. SERVED IN THE 1/4 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON 30/07/1916, AGED 25, BY MACHINE GUN FIRE, ON A WORKING PARTY. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDW MARGARET, WHO MOVED TO 106, ST PAUL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE ST. CHARLES BORROMEO, WW1 MEMORIAL, JARRETT STREET, HULL WITH HIS TWO BROTHERS. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 4TH AUGUST 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, JOHN BRENNAN, 10325, 1ST YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT, WAS KILLED AT LOOS, ON 29/09/1915, AGED 22.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, MICHAEL BRENNAN, SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 20/01/1915. KILLED IN ACTION ON 16/09/1916, AGED 21.
