BORN HULL 15/11/1888. SON OF HENRY DRY (1862-1890) & ALEXANDRIA CAROLINE BENNETT (1862-1946), OF 9, ST JOHNS TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 6, HERBERTS TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A FISH LABOURER AND CREW MEMBER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 122 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCG CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/08/1906. POSTED TO FRANCE , ON 16/06/1915. SERVED WITH TE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/08/1915, AGE 29. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MENIN GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE SPYVEE STREET MEMORIAL. HE WAS UNMARRIED. LEFT SIBLINGS, LAURA, CAROLINE, GEORGE AND SIDNEY
First name:
ALBERT HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
16231
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
29
9, ST JOHNS TERRACE, SPYVEE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
