BORN THORNTON, YORKS 1892. HIS WIFE, ROSE CROZIER (BORN 31 JULY 1895) & TWO CHILDREN, ALBERT WILLIAM, (BORN 15 AUGUST 1914) AND MARJORIE ROSE (BORN 24 NOV 1915), LIVED AT 123 ST PAULS STREET, HULL & 31, CAROLINE PLACE, HULL (war pension records). WEEKLY WAR PENSION 32 SHILLINGS
PRIOR TO ENLISTING HE WAS A COAL TRIMMER AT MESSRS WILSONS LTD, ALEXANDRA DOCK, HULL.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR TWO YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS AND HE BEEN IN FRANCE FOR 15 MONTHS. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN ACTION, ON 25/10/1917, AGED 25. BURIED AT WIMEREAUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 6TH AND 12TH NOVEMBER 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *. HE WAS ALSO FEATURED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 05/11/1917 & 25/10/1918.
