BORN HULL 1900. SON OF JOSEPH & ELIZA ELIZABETH DYSON, OF 50, LINCOLN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND LATER 106, MOORSIDE STREET, MANCHESTER.. SON OF A SAILOR AWAY AT SEA. HE HAD ONE ELDER BROTHER, JAMES AND TWO SISTERS, ELIZA AND OLIVE.
A SINGLE MAN. EMPLOYED AS A BOX PACKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 121 LBS WEIGHT, HIS RELIGION WAS PRIMITIVE METHODIST. HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 19/03/1917, AGED 17. MOBILIZED ON 14/08/1917. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 01/04/1918. JOINED THE 7TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION 2 WEEKS LATER, ON 13/04/1918, AGED 18. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 26 DAYS. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND AND HE IS COMMEMORED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM, TO THE MISSING.
HIS BROTHER: SEAMAN, JAMES WILLIAM DYSON, ROYAL NAVY, IS LISTED ON THE SCULCOATES LANE STREET MEMORIAL AND LIVED AT 44 GREEN LANE HULL.
