BORN SWANLAND, 1896. SON OF ARTHUR FUSSEY (1863-1938) AND ANNIE ETHELIA ATKINSON (1865-1956). HIS PARENTS LIVED AT WESTBOURNE GROVE, HULL. SON OF A FARM HORSE MAN. HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. THE FOURTH OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT SIGNALMAN AT FERRIBY AND LATER BRIDLINGTON. HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS LIKE HIS BROTHER WHO ALSO SERVED. HE WAS FEATURED IN THE HDM ON THE 28/07/1915. *
HE ENLISTED AT BRIDLINGTON. MARRIED ELIZABETH WORLEY, AT NEWCASTLE, IN APRIL 1915. SERVED WITH THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/07/1917, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ELIZABETH AND DAUGHTER, JANE ETHELIA FUSSEY (1916-2005).
First name:
EDGAR
Military Number:
240919
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/07/1917
Place died:
Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
