BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JOHN HANDLEY (1852-1920) HANDLEY & DINAH HANDLEY (1858-1936), OF 125 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS) & 10 BEECH GROVE, PRINCES ROAD, HULL. BEFORE ENLISTING HE SERVED FOR YEARS WITH FINCH & SONS BUILDERS. HE MARRIED LUCY ANN PARRISH (1880-1919), IN HULL, ON 08/12/1900. THEY HAD 3 SONS AND LIVED AT 1 PRINCESS TERRACE, ELM STREET, HULL, AND THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED IN GLASGOW, ON 15/05/1915. WENT TO FRANCE ON 08/09/1915. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. WOUNDED IN BOTH LEGS & RIGHT HAND DURING THE SOMME OFFENSIVE. HIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 4TH AUGUST 1916. *
HE RETURNED TO DUTIES AND WAS KILLED IN BELGIUM ON 26/08/1917, AGED 40. HE IS BURIED AT COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “AT REST”. HIS WIDOW LUCY DIED IN 1919, AGED 39. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HER NEW HUSBAND, RICHARD JOHN EDWARDS, WHO SHE MARRIED IN 1918.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, THOMAS ARTHUR HANDLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT WAS KILLED IN FRANCE, ON 30/10/1918, AGED 31.
