BORN LEEDS 1893. KNOWN AS “JIM”. SON OF DAWSON DRY (1866-1928) & EMMA LOUISE CHARLTON (1868-1933), OF 92 CROWLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. BROTHER TO ROSE, THOMAS, MAUD & GEORGE, GLADYS, AND CHARLES. A BOATMAN, LIVING AT 17 HOTHAM GROVE, HOTHAM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS)
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 19/04/1915. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE 251ST ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. TAKEN PRISONER, ON 27/95/1918. DIED A PRISONER OF WAR, AT LANGENSALZA CAMP, ON 01/11/1918, AGED 25. BURIED AT NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL, GERMANY.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER AT 92 CROWLE STREET, HEDON ROAD, EAST HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
ROBERT WILLIAM
Military Number:
755246
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
01/11/1918
Place died:
Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Age:
25
