BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOHN & ADA DEVINE, OF 88 HAVELOCK STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS, AND ONE SISTER. WORKED FOR JOSEPH RANK, AS AN OFFAL PACKER IN A FLOUR MILL. A RESERVED OCCUPATION. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/12/1915, AGED 20 YEARS AND 330 DAYS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST, 131 LBS WEIGHT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 09/07/1916. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN.
HE IS BURIED AT SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.1, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN GOD’S KEEPING”.
GEORGE, HERBERT & JAMES DEVINES SERVED AT SAME ADDRESS. PTE. JAMES DEVINE, LABOUR CORPS, LIVED AT 123 CAMPBELL STREET, HULL.
