BORN HULL 1895. SON OF ALFRED & MARY JANE GIBSON, OF 73 CRAVEN STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS), 293 HOLDERNESS ROAD (1911 CENSUS) AND 1, MERSEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
BROTHER OF HENRY. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A HOUSE PAINTER APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED AT WALKER-ON-TYNE, SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS.KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 22.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS RECORED ON THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY, WW1 MEMORIAL, HULL MINSTER.
First name:
ALFRED SEYMOUR
Military Number:
4421
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
22
