Born Goole, 1886. Son of Joseph Caine (1849-1919) and Bridgett Caine (1857-1927). Lived at 5 Harcourt Street, Hull (1911 Census). Worked as a coal trimmer. Described as 5 foot, 4.5 inches tall, 138 lbs weight, 35-37 inch chest, blue eyes, dark brown hair, Tattoos on both arms.
He married Ellen Veronica MANGAN (1884–1939, at Hull Registry Office, Parliament Street, Hull, on 10/06/1911. They had two sons during their marriage and moved to 8 Brown’s Entry, High Street, Hull, (War Pension address)
He enlisted in Hull, on 05/11/1914. Discharged as physically unfit on 01/09/1915. He died of paralysis, as a young father on 19 September 1916 in Hull, Yorkshire, at the age of 30.