BORN ANLABY, HULL, 1886. SON OF WILLIAM McDOWELL GARTON (1853-1907) AND FRANCES ROWTON (1856-1917).
HE MARRIED MARY ELLEN BERRY (1888-1887), ON 23/12/1911, AT ST MARY’S CHURCH, LOWGATE,AGED 25. THEY LIVED AT 18 CLARENCE AVENUE, ST MARK STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). THEY HAD THR CHILDREN, GEORGE, ANNIE AND ADA. HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 145 LBS, 8.5 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, VERY GOOD CHARACTER.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 10/04/1915. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 30/12/1915. SERVED IN HULL’S 32ND RFA, DIVISIONAL COLUMN. WOUNDED ON 19/05/1917. INVALIDED TO ENGLAND AND DISCHARGED FROM THE SERVICE, ON 03/09/1917, WITH CHRONIC HEPITITIS. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 147 DAYS.
HE DIED IN HULL, ON 14/10/1919, AGED 32.
