BORN HULL 1895. BATTALION SIGNALLER. SON OF FRANCES JANE DUNN (1874-1964) & THE LATE GEORGE CORNTHWAITE (1876-1917), OF 4 GLADSTONE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED FOR ATKINS & CO, DAIRYCOATES, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. HE WAS WOUNDED AT THE SOMME ON 15/09/1916 AND SPENT SOME TIME IN HOSPITAL AT WALLASEY. HIS INJURY WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 24TH OCTOBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.
HE RETURNED TO THE SOMME AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT SERRE, ON 13/11/916, AGED 21. HE IS BURIED AT EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, FRANCES. HIS FATHER DIED ON 27/02/1917 AFTER AN ILLNESS.
