BORN FILEY 1888. SON OF EDWARD GEORGE GASH (1859-1927) AND MARY HANNAH SAYERS (1859-1923), OF 3 ALBION PLACE, FILEY. HE WORKED AS A WAGGONER HORSEMAN ON A FARM, IN BRIDLINGTON AND AS A MALTSTER IN HULL.
HE MARRIED HENRIETTA CROMPTON (16/12/1888-1953), IN HULL, IN 1914. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN. HIS DAUGHTER PHYLIS DIED IN 1917, AGED 2 YEARS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 10/12/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 10 INCHES TALL. 39 INCH CHEST, 168 LBS WEIGHT.
SERVED WITH THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY & 553RD ARGICULTURAL COMPANY, LABOUR CORPS.
HE DIED AFTER THE WAR ENDED ON 24/11/1918, AGED 31 AND IS BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN LIVED AT 4, GRIMSTON TERRACE, CLIFTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, EDWARD GASH, 29769, 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WAS KILLED ON 02/08/1918, AGED 19.
HIS HALF BROTHER, GUNNER, ALBERT STONEHOUSE, DIED IN EGYPT, ON 19/06/1916. ALL THREE ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE FILEY WW1 MEMORIAL.
THEY LEFT TWO OLDER SISTERS, ANNIE AND ELIZABETH.
