East Yorkshire Regiment,
with wife, Edith and son.
BORN HULL 1887. ELDEST SON OF ALONSA (1863-1939) & CAROLINE DIXON, AT 3, ARGYLE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD A BROTHER, SYDNEY AND THREE SISTERS,
HE MARRIED EDITH ALICE (TRIXIE) GILL (1887-1979), AT THE HULL REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 06/04/1912. THEY LIVED AT 5, POPLAR AVENUE, REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR SON ALONSA (1913-1959). EMPLOYED AS A GARDENER.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 20/11/1914, AGED 29 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS. TRAINED AT BEVERLEY AND RIPON. HE SERVED WITH THE 13TH EYR IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. RETURNED TO ENGLAND ON 13/04/1916. DIED OF BRIGHTS DISEASE, AT ROAD CROSS HOSPITAL, WINCANTON, ON 10/07/1916, AGED 29. HE HAD SERVED FOR 1 YEAR AND 204 DAYS.
HIS WAR PENSION WAS LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EDITH ALICE, WHO MOVED TO 35, BLUNDELL STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
