BORN HULL 1881. BAPTISED AT ST MARY’S CHURCH, LOWGATE, HULL, ON 29 Sep 1881.
ONLY SON OF RICHARD FURLEY (1852-1929) & LOUISA SCOTT (1859-1943), OF 95, WESTBOURNE AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD ONE SISTER, JUDITH (1883-1977). SON OF A SHIPPING AGENT. EDUCATED AT KEABLE COLLEGE, OXFORD. HE WAS A THEOLOGICAL STUDENT STUDYING AT MIRFIELD COLLEGE (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD. FORMERLY 41400, ROYAL FUSILIERS. SERVED WITH THE 8TH LONDON REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/10/1916, AGED 35, NEAR GUEUDECOURT. HE LEFT £757 IN HIS WILL AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS TO HIS FATHER, RICHARD.
HE IS BURIED AT BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, LIGNY-THILLOY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN THY LIGHT WE SHALL SEE LIGHT”
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH MEMORIAL, LOWGATE, ST VINCENT’S CHURCH, QUEENS ROAD, HULL & ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL
