BORN HULL 1876. SON OF WILLIAM AND EMILY FACEY, AT 14, BENVISTAS AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL. HE WAS A BLACKSMITH.
MARRIED IN 1898. HIS WIFE ELIZA DUNN AND THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN LIVED AT 2, TEEL TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL, 1, JOHNS TERRACE, PARROTT STREET, 19, EDGAR STREET, & 3, PRINCESS ROAD, WILLIAM STREET, HULL.
DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES TALL, 166 LBS WEIGHT AND 39 INCH CHEST, AND ‘GOOD’ PHYSIQUE. HE ENLISTED INTO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS, AT HULL, ON 06/10/1915. ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED IN POOLE HARBOUR, FALLING OFF A TUG BOAT, ON 12/10/1916, AGED 40. HE IS BURIED AT POOLE CEMETERY, DORSET.
HIS WIDOW WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 33/9 SHILLINGS. BY NOW SHE HAD SIX CHILDREN OLIVE, WILLIAM, CYRIL, LILI, VIOLET AND GLADYS, ALL BORN BETWEEN 1901- 1914.
