BORN HULL 1895. SON OF NANCY CHADBURN, OF 8 LORNE STREET, HULL, 12, GEORGE TERRACE, BLUNDELL STREET, AND 39, BOND STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, AND FIVE SISTERS.
HUSBAND OF FLORENCE MAY CHADBURN, AT 101 CRAVEN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). THEIR SON, CHARLES WAS BORN ON 14/10/1915. A JUNIOR CLERK.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/09/1914, AGED 19 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. JOINED THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (3RD HULL PALS). HIS ARMY RECORDS, DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 132 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES AND DARK BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. HE WAS QUICKLY PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, ON 23/12/1914. PROMOTED TO ACTING COMPANY SERGEANT MAJOR, ON 22/05/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 14/04/1917. TRANSFERRED TO THE 14TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, ON 29/04/1917. WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 03/12/1917, AGED 22. COMMEMORATED ON THE CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, FLORENCE. SHE RE-MARRIED AT MOVED TO 5, CRAVEN STREET, HULL.
