BORN HULL 1883. SON OF ROBERT BUXTON (1833-1891) & SARAH ANN JACKSON (1840-1888), OF 21 COURTNEY STREET, HULL.
HE MARRIED ADA TOOD (1880-1957), AT HULL, IN 1907. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN AT 7 WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER AND SHOP KEEPER.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL. PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/02/1917, AGED 34. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
First name:
JOSEPH
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/1064
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/02/1917
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
34
