BORN HULL 1883. A SHEPHERD AND FARM SERVANT. LIVED AND WORKED IN DRIFFIELD. HE JOINED THE ARMY ON 19/07/1913. SERVED AS A WAGGONER IN THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS. HE MARRIED IN DECEMBER 1916. HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH ANN ARNELL (1879-1962) & 4 CHILDREN, LIVED AT THIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 39 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR. HE TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 33204, 5TH YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/04/1918, AGED 35. COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ELIZABETH.
First name:
JOSEPH TUMENS
Military Number:
33204
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/04/1918
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
35
39 SCARBOROUGH ROAD, DRIFFIELD, , EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
