BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JAMES GATRIX (1852-1924) AND LYDIA EVERINGTON (1852-1915), OF 89, HIGH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HIS PARENTS WERE BOTH FROM LINCOLNSHIRE. SON OF A RULLEYMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A FRUIT PORTER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 123 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, WESLYEAN RELIGION.
HE MARRIED DORA NICHOLSON (1896-1927), AT HULL, ON 28/11/1917. HIS WIFE DORA LIVED AT, 2, CRAVEN STREET, HULL HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 02/09/1914. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 12/05/1915. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/10/1918, AGED 28. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MENIN GATE MEORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS HIS WIDOW, DORA. MARRIED LESS THAN A YEAR. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN.
