BORN HULL 1891. SON OF THOMAS HENRY ELVIN (1859-1933) & LILLIAN ALICE MARY COUPLAND (1860-1931), OF 30, PEMBERTON STREET, HULL AND 700, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. EMPLOYED AS A MERCHANT’S CLERK (OIL AND SOAP).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, LATE APRIL 1915. A FORMER PRIVATE IN THE EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 11/05/1917. COMMISSIONED TO SECOND LIEUTENANT, “C” COMPANY, THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 19/04/1917. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 13/04/1918, AGED 27. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES (MID).
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH, LOWGATE.
HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL WW1 MEMORIAL. THIS ADDRESS IS FROM THE HULL DAILY MAIL. ON 14/04/1919.
HE IS BURIED AT AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “SON OF THOMAS HENRY ELVIN AND LILLIA ALICE MARY ELVIN HULL, ENGLAND”
