BORN 1882. HIS WIFE, ANNIE ELIZABETH WATKINSON & THREE CHILDREN (SIDNEY, EDNA AND MARY), LIVED AT 33, AIRLIE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ALSO LIVED AT 11, CRYSTAL AVENUE, WHARRAM STREET, HULL (1915 ANRMY ADDRESS). HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST,
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11TH DECEMBER 1915. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 2ND JUNE 1916. SERVED WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF CANCER. HE HAD BEEN ILL FOR SEVEN MONTHS. HE DIED OF CANCER, AT HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY, ON 25/02/1917, AGED 35. BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANNIE E.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, WW1 MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL.