BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM HENRY FEATHERSTONE & JANET FEATHERSTONE, OF 14 NORNABELL STREET. AN OIL MILLER. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 8.5 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, “SOBER AND RELIABLE”.
HIS WIFE MARY FEATHERSTONE 9BORN 8 MAY 1893), LIVED AT 8, GERTRUDE TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL; 1 OXFORD TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 3, KATES TERRACE, HODGSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO CHILDREN, JAMES ARTHUR AND WINIFRED JANETTA BORN BETWEEN 1914-1917. AWARED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 15 SHILLINGS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/11/1914. SERVED WITH THE EAST RIDING ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DISCHARGED ON 25/08/1916, WITH CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, AGED 25 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. DIED ON 18/06/1918, AGED 28. HE IS BURIED AT HULL’S, HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, CHARLES WILLIAM FEATHERSONE, 1ST EYR, WAS KILLED AT THE SOMME ON 01/07/1916.
