BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ALBERT HAMSHAW (1868-1933) AND ANNIE ELIZABETH CLARK (1867-1918), OF 51, HALTEMPRICE STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 9, FLORENCE AVENUE, KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL. SON A RAILWAY GOODS GUARD. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, JAMES AND JOSEPH BOTH KILLED IN THE WAR AND ONE SISTER, ELSIE. A RAILWAY WORKER. HE MARRIED HILDA GERTRUDE DAVIS AT HULL, IN 1917.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 316204 NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 6TH ROYAL WEST KENTS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/03/1918, AGED 26.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, HILDA GERTRUDE HAMSHAW AND TWO STEP CHILDREN, HILDA AND ARTHUR, AT 17, WILLIAM STREET, HULL AND 7, EASTERN AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
HIS BROTHER, JAMES ALBERT HAMSHAW, OF 70, DORSET STREET, HULL, SERVED AS PRIAVTE, 13/347, 13TH EYR, WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 09/04/1917, AGE 28.
HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH HAMSHAW, OF KIMBERLEY STREET, HULL, SERVED AS PRIVATE, 200305, 1/4TH EYR, WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 23.
THIER MOTHER HAD LOST ALL THREE SONS IN THE WAR AND DIED IN 1918, AGED 52.
