BORN HULL, 1896. ELDEST SON OF HENRY ALFRED & LILIAN MARYDOUGHTY, OF 3, ALBERT AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) & 64, PORTOBELLO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A CORPORATION RATE COLLECTOR. HE WAS A GROCER’S ASSISTANT, HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS
DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 150 LBS WEIGHT, 38-42 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED ON 23/08/1913. DISCHARGED WITH JOIMT PAINS OM 01/09/1914. RE-ENLISTED AND SERVED WITH THE 12TH EYR. WOUNDED AND TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 914TH LABOUR CORPS. HE DIED OF GAS POISONING, ON 26/01/1919, AGED 31.
HE IS BURIED AT TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE