BORN HULL 1895. YOUNGEST 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 (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY GOODS GUARD. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, JAMES AND ARTHUR, IN THE WAR. THIER MOTHER HAVING LOST ALL THREE SONS IN THE WAR, DIED IN 1918, AGED 52.
JOSEPH WAS A FORMER ERRAND BOY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/04/1917, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, ALBERT.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ARTHUR HAMSHAW, A RAILWAY WORKER , SERVED AS PRIVATE, 205446, ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/03/1918, AGED 25.
HIS BROTHER, JAMES ALBERT HAMSHAW, A HULL BOAT MAN, SERVED AS PRIVATE, 13/347, EYR, AND WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 09/04/1917, AGED 28.
