BORN HESSLE 06/12/1896. SON OF RICHARD DEARING (1863-1951) & MARY JANE NEWCOMBE (1865-1913), OF HESSLE ABOVE ADDRESS. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A FOOTMAN. DESCRIBEDAS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 132 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY, ON 08/09/1914. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 14/07/1915. ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH INFLUENZA, AND RETURNED TO DUTY, ON 13/12/1915. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 12168, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. RETURNED TO BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND WITH “TRENCH FOOT” ON 21/02/1917. POSTED TO FRANCE AGAIN, ON 08/09/1917. PROMOTED TO LANCE CORPORAL, ON 21/12/1917. KILLED IN ACTION 24/08/1918, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 04/10/1918. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT TWO BROTHERS, AND FOUR SISTERS. HE IS BURIED AT MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
