BORN HULL 1881. ELDEST SON OF JOHN DUFFEY (1858-1937) & MARY ANN CONLON (1858- ), OF 13, GEORGE’S PLACE, COLLIER STREET, HULL (HULL DAILY MAIL ADDRESS 09/05/1917) AND 8, ST STEPHENS PLACE, ST STEPHENS SQUARE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER, MARGARET. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF THREE BROTHERS KILLED IN THE WAR.
THOMAS DUFFY, SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 10/07/1916, AGED 36. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, JAMES DUFFY, SERVED IN THE 11TH EYR (HULL PALS) IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED AT OPPY WOOD, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 29.
HIS BROTHER, JOHN DUFFY ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 2ND YORKSHIRE HUSSARS ( (Alexandra, Princes of Wales’ Own). KILLED IN ACTION ON 22/03/1918, AGED 33. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
