BORN HULL 1893. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY ANN CONEY, OF 94, PAISLEY STREET, NEWINGTON, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
THIRD OF FIVE SONS. BROTHERS, GEORGE WILLIAM, FRANK, HERBERT AND STANLEY. A COACH TRIMMER. LIVING AT 22 REGENT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915, AGED 22 YEARS AND 90 DAYS. HE LIVED AR 88, EDINBURGH STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS). HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3 INCHES TALL, 100 LBS WEIGHT, 32 INCH CHEST, “FAIR” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, WESLEYAN RELIGION. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 23/06/1916. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 21958, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 10/07/1916. WOUNDED ON THE 15/07/1916. MISSING AND REPORTED KILLED ON 17/07/1916, AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE, OF 94 PAISLEY STREET, NEWINGTON, HULL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/09/1916.
