BORN HULL 1887. ONLY SON OF SARAH ELIZABETH & THE LATE HENRY GILL HAGESTADT (1852-1913), OF 5 ELDON GROVE, GODDARD AVENUE, HULL. HIS PATERNAL GRANDFATHER WAS GERMAN. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1911. HIS WIFE AMY CHEESEMAN COOK, LIVED AT 10 DEANS AVENUE, FREEHOLD STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE WORKES AS AN ENGINE FITTER, FOR MESSRS GOOD & MENZIES LTD, AT 22 LOCKWOOD STREET, HULL. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES, 36-39 INCH CHEST, GOOD VISION,
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 05/06/1908. TRAINED AT STENSALL, PAULL, PORTSMOUTH AND TYNEMOUTH. FORMERLY, OF THE 1ST HULL HEAVY ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED IN EAST AFRICA, ON 16/02/1917, AGED 32.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO WIDOW AND CHILDREN. HIS WAR PENSION WAS CLAIMED BY HIS MOTHER, MRS ELIZABETH SARAH HAGESTADT, WHO MOVED TO ELLOUGHTON, BROUGH. (WAR PENSION RECORDS).
COMMEMORATED: Dar-es-Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
