BORN HULL 94/11/1889. SON OF THOMAS BUSBY (1846-1908) & ELIZABETH BRADBURY (1852-1889), OF 22, NEW PARADE, SUTTON BANK, DANSOM LANE, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, BILL, SAM AND JOE. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER, FOR MR ROBERTS, PAINT WORKS, GREEN LANE, HULL AND LIVED AT 11, GLADYS GROVE, COURTNEY STREET, WITH HIS MARRIED SISTER, EDITH LYONS. HIS OTHER MARRIED SISTER, ALICE DRAPER, LIVED AT 214, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL.
HE MARRIED AT ST SILAS CHURCH, HULL, ON 03/08/1907. HIS WIFE, ANNIE ELIZABETH HOLDSTOCK (1891-1968) & THEIR FOUR CHILDREN (EMILY JANE, JOHN EDWARD, ADA & WALTER ARRAS BUSBY), LIVED AT 12 BALFOUR CRESCENT, NORNABELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 23/09/1914 . DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 136 LBS WEIGHT, DARK BROWN EYES AND DARK BROWN HAIR, PRESBYTERIAN RELIGION. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. A LANCE CORPORAL, WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ‘D’ COMPANY. WOUNDED IN ACTION, ON 26/05/1916. RETURNED TO DUTIES. KILLED IN ACTION AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 28. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 229 DAYS. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO WIFE, ANN BEESLEY AND FOUR CHILDREN. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 27/02/1918. *
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, WALTER PERCY BUSBY, 11TH EYR, WAS ALSO KILLED AT OPPY WOOD ON 28/06/1917, AGED 32. NEITHER OF THE TWO BROTHERS’ BODIES WERE FOUND AND BOTH ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
