BORN HULL 1875. FATHER UNKNOWN. MOTHER DECEASED. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND WORKED AS A LABOURER AT 20 CHURCHILL STREET, HULL. HIS NEXT OF KIN WAS HIS SISTER, EDITH CROFT, LIVING AT 8 KLONDYKE AVENUE, LEADS ROAD, STONEFERRY, HULL.
20 CHURCHILL STREET WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. HE WAS POSSIBLY BORN IN HULL IN 1870 AND RELATIVELY OLD TO ENLIST. HOWEVER HIS ARMY MEDICAL DESCRIBED DESCRIBED HIM AS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES TALL, 187 LBS, 38 INCH CHEST, WITH A ‘VERY GOOD’ PHYSIQUE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 14/12/1914,A S NO: 1167, 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, GIVING THE AGE OF 39 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916. HE WAS POSSIBLY AGED BETWEEN 41-46 YEARS OLD?
First name:
JOSEPH
Military Number:
12/1167
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
41
