BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM RAYMOND GALBRAITH AND SOPHIA ROBINSON.
MARRIED ON 7/11/1902 AT THE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, HOLDERNESS ROAD. WIFE EMILY (MARTIN) & THREE CHILDREN, ANNIE, ALICE AND WILLIAM. A FOURTH CHILD ANGUS HAD DIED ON 21/9/1915, AGED 2. THEY LIVED AT 12 LILLIES AVENUE, KENT STREET, 15 STUDLEY STREET, HULL, 8, SUTTON TERRACE, STUDLEY STREET, HULL (ADDRESS FROM THE HULL DAILY MAIL 16/12/16) AND 8, BUCKINGHAM CRESCENT, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). TWO OTHER CHILDREN DIED YOUNG AND IT SEEMED THEY HAD SEPARATED.
HE WORKED AS AN OIL SEED PRESSMAN BEFORE HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 17/11/1914. HE SERVED IN EGYPT FROM 15/12/1915. TRANSFERRED TO FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. HE DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 34. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIFE EMILY WHO HAD NOW BECOME EMILY JORDAN. SHE WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY PENSION OF 18 SHILLINGS AND NINE PENCE FOR HER REMAINING CHILD AND SHE MOVED TO 5 SOUTHCOATES TERRACE, BUCKINGHAM STREET AFTER HIS DEATH.
BENJAMIN’S BROTHER WILLIAM GALBRAITH HAD BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY AND DIED IN HULL IN 1915, AGED 27.
