BORN HULL 1879. SON OF WILLIAM ELLAM (1839-1903) AND ANN MARIA HERBERT (1840-1887).
HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY IN 1898 AND WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER.
MARRIED LOUISA MARTHA KEMP (24/8/1880-1970), IN 1906. THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN (BORN BETWEEN 1906 -1915 AND INCLUDED TWIN BOYS BORN ON 28/10/1915). THEY LIVED AT 1 ELM AVENUE, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. THIS WAS HIS WIFE’S FAMILY HOME, WHERE HE WAS HOUSEKEEPER FOR HER PARENTS (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE 6TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 14/07/1915. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 37. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW MARTHA AND SIX CHILDREN, OF WITTY STREET, HULL AND 108, CHILTERN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES)
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
