BORN HULL 1881. HE MARRIED MARY CONROY, AT ST CHARLES RC CHURCH, HULL, ON 08/06/1903. HIS WIFE MARY & SIX CHILDREN ( 5 SONS AND A DAUGHTER), LIVED AT 81 CANNING STREET, HULL AND 4 PARK SQUARE, MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, HULL, (ARMY ADDRESS). A FORMER LABOURER, CARTER AND RULLYMAN. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE HULL CORPORTAION (HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT). HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM, AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 134 LBS, 36.5 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, “RUDDY” COMPLEXION, TATTOO OF “MM THC” ON LEFT FOREARM, SCARS ON RIGHT UPPER ARM AND RIGHT ELBOW, ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 30/08/1914, AGED 32. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 13387, 32ND ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY, (HULL DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN). DISCHARGED AT ALDERSHOT CAMP AFTER SERVING 46 DAYS, SUFFERING FROM A COUGH, AND REQUIRING SANATORIUM REST. RE-ENLISTED ON 21/03/1915. (NO: 82155). TRANSFERRED TO THE 63RD LABOUR CORPS, ATTACHED TO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. SENT TO FRANCE ON 21/04/1917. REPORTED SICK ON 22/07/1917, WITH INFECTION AND EXPOSURE. DISCHARGED FROM OSWESTRY, FRANCE, ON 09/07/1917. DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY WITH TUBERCULOSIS, ON 30/09/1917. HE HAD SERVED FOR 2 YEARS AND 193 DAYS. HE DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS, ON 01/12/1919, AT COTTINGHAM SANITORIUM. BURIED IN COTTINGHAM. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16/12/1919. * IT REPORTS THAT HE LEFT A WIDON AND SEVEN CHILDREN.
