BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF WALTER CALDWELL (1861-1928) & MARTHA SHEARDOWN (1869-1947), OF 6, THOMAS PLACE, SCOTT STREET, HULL AND 3, ALDBORO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, MARRION AND ELIZABETH. EMPLOYED AS A COOPER, FOR MESSRS. G.A. JACKSON & SONS, AT 20, CLEVELAND STREET. HIS ARMY ENLISTMENT ADDRESS WAS 6, THOMAS PLACE, SCOTT STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 27/01/1914, AGED 17 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE 3RD NORTHUMBRIAN BRIGADE. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 19/04/1915. TRANSFERRED AS A DRIVER, TO THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 19. HE HAD SERVED FOR 2 YEARS AND 232 DAYS. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT TWO SISTERS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SENT TO HIS FATHER, WALTER.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE SCOTT STREET MEMORIAL WITH HIS FATHER, PTE. WALTER CALDWELL, ARMY SERVICE CORP.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/10/1916.
