BORN HULL 1883. SON OF EDWARD MAWER GREEN (1852-1934) & MARTHA REBECCA GREEN ( 1857-1933), OF 187 ELLA STREET, HULL. SON OF A POSTAL INSPECTOR. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, EDWARD AND CHARLIE AND THREE YOUNGER SISTERS, CISSIE, CLARA AND ANNIE.
A FORMER POSTAL CLERK LIKE HIS BROTHER EDWARD. HE MARRIED ELIZA MOSES (1886-1971) AT HARLEY STREET REGISTRY OFFICE ON 01/08/1906. HIS WIFE ELIZA GREEN AND SIX CHILDREN LIVED AT 64, PERTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, 0N 24/06/1916. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE ON 03/10/1916, AGED 32 AND 5 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 36-38 CHEST SIZE, 126 LBS WEIGHT, AND “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. HE WAS POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 31/03/1917. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 6933, 8TH LONDON REGIMENT.
TRANSFERRED AS A SIGNALLER, TO THE 152ND MACHINE GUN CORPS, ON 05/12/1916. HE WAS KILLED YPRES, ON 09/07/1917, AGED 34. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR ONE YEAR AD 16 DAYS.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW. SHE RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 33 SHILLINGS AND NINE PENCE FOR HER SIX CHILDREN, FROM 04/02/1918. HE IS BURIED AT BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS “BELOVED HUSBAND OF ELIZA GREEN, HULL”
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, LOWGATE. HE LEFT £296 IN HIS WILL TO HIS HIS WIFE, ELIZA AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, PRIVATE, EDWARD GREEN, 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED BY A SHELL EXPLOSION, ON 13/03/1916, AGED 34. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, GUNNER, CHARLES ARTHUR GREEN SERVED WITH THE MACHINE GUN CORPS AND WAS DISCHARGED WITH MALARIA WHEN THE WAR ENDED.
Thank You to Debra White for the family information sent on 6th April 2022.
